From the WHO intranet news headlines:
*Obesity Goes Global;Children around the world are eating more like Americans– and getting dangerously fat as a result (Time Magazine)
what a fantastic title…. if you don’t think it’s funny, i’m sorry. i apologize in advance.
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August 21st, 2003 at 4:24 pm
Just take a look at this:
http://www.fatmixx.com/index.php?p=394&more=1&c=1
August 21st, 2003 at 11:21 pm
wow. thats really ashame the obesity epidemic is making its way overseas. in the US obesity is slowly but surely replacing smoking as the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality.
I find it kind of weird people in europe and the rest of the developed world would partake in our fast food culture. I mean the types of dining we consider “luxury” or “cultural” in the States are considered standard daily fair abroad (say a really nice pasta dish or sashimi, etc). Hmm, maybe the american diet has some special appeal over there? I dunno, i have no real basis for that thought, but i do remember seeing the ridiculously decked mcdonald’s in Rome (by the spanish steps) with marble floors, a bar, a water fountain and a balcony during my time there.
i also wonder if the rest of the world is as sedentary as the us is presently and is becoming? is internet use/video gaming/TV watching/general couch potatoing as prevalent as it is in the states? i always assumed not, but maybe times are changing…………..
August 21st, 2003 at 11:22 pm
btw, name=derrick
hope all is well, i’m all moved in to nyc now
peace,
derrick