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Let me begin, in constructing this strange argument, with a paper published
in the latest edition of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. It
provides empirical support for the contention that children who watch more
television eat more of the foods it advertises. "Each hour increase in
television viewing", it found, "was associated with an additional 167
kilocalories per day"(1). Most of these extra calories were contained in
junk foods: fizzy drinks, crisps, biscuits, sweets, burgers and chicken
nuggets. Watching television, the paper reported, "is also inversely
associated with intake of fruit and vegetables".
There is no longer any serious debate about what a TV diet does to your
body. A government survey published last month shows that the proportion of
children in English secondary schools who are clinically obese has almost
doubled in ten years. Today, 27% of girls and 24% of boys between 11 and 15
years old suffer from this condition, which means they are far more likely
to contract diabetes and to die before the age of 50(2). But the more
interesting question is what this diet might do to your mind. There are now
scores of studies suggesting that it hurts the brain as much as it hurts the
heart and the pancreas. Among the many proposed associations is a link
between bad food and violent or anti-social behaviour.
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http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-05/09monbiot.cfmWhat is ADD? I don't remember any child having behavior problems when I was in school. I wouldn't be surprise if they did the same study for adults incarcerated would find they also have many dietary shortages.
We can take this one step further for kids or adults that the people that watch the most TV are lower income, have little else to do(unemployed!) and watch TV and EAT JUNK all day long. When was the last time you saw carrots advertised as a snack food?