Nbadan
04-03-2006, 01:30 PM
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Welcome to the McDonald's Generation
April 3, 2006 -- Many young children are too heavy for standard car safety seats, and manufacturers are starting to make heftier models to accommodate them, according to research on the obesity epidemic's widening impact.
More than a quarter of a million U.S. children ages 1 to 6 are heavier than the weight limits for standard car seats, and most are 3-year-olds who weigh more than 40 pounds, the study found.
Unless exceptionally tall, a 3-year-old who weighs 40 pounds or more would generally be considered overweight.
Lead author Lara Trifiletti said researchers at a safety center at Johns Hopkins Hospital became interested in the topic because they saw children "who were very obese, and our car-seat technicians were having a hard time finding car seats to fit them."
NY POST (http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/61909.htm)
The consumption of nearly everything that has been proven to be outrightly bad for one's health is in decline: hard liquor, beer, cigarettes, cocaine and other illegal drugs. What's up is the average amount of calories consumed daily by most Americans. Obesity correlates strongly with low-income and church going. One theory is that religion and food are the 2 comforts that lower income people can still afford, and food is cheaper than it has ever been.
Many people eat not for taste or out of hunger but for the way food makes them feel. Today, advertisers are blurring the lines between drugs and food. Look at the Red Bull commercials for an extreme example but a more subtle one might be the Trix rabbit who goes on a high energy rampage when he sees the sugary cereal or that other character who is "coo-coo for Cocoa puffs!" Taco Bell's ads celebrate feeling "full." French fries are terrible when cold yet when warm and aromatic many find them nearly irrestible. It is the same food. What changed is that when cold or room temperature, the true taste wins out (salt and saturated fat) over the feel. Hot french fries feel good when you eat them because they are warm and rich in fats. Taste is secondary to temperature (feel). And food represents love in our culture (which is a whole other discussion), but in a sense to feel full is to feel loved and satisfied.
Welcome to the McDonald's Generation
April 3, 2006 -- Many young children are too heavy for standard car safety seats, and manufacturers are starting to make heftier models to accommodate them, according to research on the obesity epidemic's widening impact.
More than a quarter of a million U.S. children ages 1 to 6 are heavier than the weight limits for standard car seats, and most are 3-year-olds who weigh more than 40 pounds, the study found.
Unless exceptionally tall, a 3-year-old who weighs 40 pounds or more would generally be considered overweight.
Lead author Lara Trifiletti said researchers at a safety center at Johns Hopkins Hospital became interested in the topic because they saw children "who were very obese, and our car-seat technicians were having a hard time finding car seats to fit them."
NY POST (http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/61909.htm)
The consumption of nearly everything that has been proven to be outrightly bad for one's health is in decline: hard liquor, beer, cigarettes, cocaine and other illegal drugs. What's up is the average amount of calories consumed daily by most Americans. Obesity correlates strongly with low-income and church going. One theory is that religion and food are the 2 comforts that lower income people can still afford, and food is cheaper than it has ever been.
Many people eat not for taste or out of hunger but for the way food makes them feel. Today, advertisers are blurring the lines between drugs and food. Look at the Red Bull commercials for an extreme example but a more subtle one might be the Trix rabbit who goes on a high energy rampage when he sees the sugary cereal or that other character who is "coo-coo for Cocoa puffs!" Taco Bell's ads celebrate feeling "full." French fries are terrible when cold yet when warm and aromatic many find them nearly irrestible. It is the same food. What changed is that when cold or room temperature, the true taste wins out (salt and saturated fat) over the feel. Hot french fries feel good when you eat them because they are warm and rich in fats. Taste is secondary to temperature (feel). And food represents love in our culture (which is a whole other discussion), but in a sense to feel full is to feel loved and satisfied.