There is a long-held concern that youths who eat a lot of fast food are at risk for becoming overweight...They must also be familiar with idiots...
"We know that children and adolescents are highly exposed to fast-food restaurant advertising, particularly on television. This study links obesity in young people to familiarity with this advertising, suggesting that youth who are aware of and receptive to televised fast-food marketing may be at risk for health consequences," said lead author Auden C. McClure, MD, MPH, FAAP, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
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Saturday, June 02, 2012
Familiarity With Television Fast-Food Ads Linked to Obesity
The researchers must be familiar with comics since their research is so comical.
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