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Thursday, July 29th, 2010: How the food industry drives us to eat.

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Thanks for the link Brian p..

Two out of three American adults--and one out of three children--are overweight or obese. Why?

The answers are everywhere: In the Starbucks Zucchini Walnut Muffin (490 calories), the Turkey Artichoke Panini at Panera (750 calories), the Wild Mushroom and Grilled Chicken Pizza at California Pizza Kitchen (1,300 calories), and the small unbuttered popcorn at Regal Theatres (670 calories).

Yet many people (not to mention the food industry) blame the overweight for eating too much and exercising too little.

"It's difficult to avoid obesity in a toxic food environment," says Yale University psychologist Kelly Brownell. "There's tremendous pressure on people to overeat." Continue reading..

2 Comments:

1. thank you for all the good posts, I'm always coming here to check out your articles and WOD's.
Comment by brian p — July 30, 2010 at 5:36pm
2. Great WODs always on here and usually great articles...but this one about actually banning food companies from advertising their products or forcing people to make healthy choices by adding tax...this is america and we do have the right to choose what we eat, for better or for worse. just worry about yourself.
Comment by Chris Bryant — July 31, 2010 at 9:35am

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