Let's talk about American fatties
Today's New York Times looks into why Americans are so much bigger and healthier than ever before. Turns out, you can eat what you want, smoke all you want and never think about exercise as long as your mom was healthy while you were in the room. Well, maybe not.
Interesting, but the fact that at 5'9.5" and 191 lbs the average American man is nearly obese seems nothing to be happy about.
Read the whole article (the first in a series about "the science of ageing") here.
A bit of an afterthought,this article brings obesity into the mix while asking how much longer the trend towards longer lifespans can continue.
In a semi-related note, it seems that the new thing in online advertising is for one company/product to have multiple ads on the same page in dialogue with one another, bouncing your attention back and forth. The red-alert urgency of the Tylenol ads on the NYT health page, the John Tucker Must Die Myspace ads with just enough nudity to make you look, and those ubitiquous Little Miss Sunshine ads that have become a permanent feature on Gawker and the Times website.
Seriously, how dumb do these people think we are? Like anyone is really going to visit a website with blinking ads silently screaming at them. It's enough to give you a headache.
Anyway, enough of that. I'm gonna take an asprin and then head off to a double feature.
Interesting, but the fact that at 5'9.5" and 191 lbs the average American man is nearly obese seems nothing to be happy about.
Read the whole article (the first in a series about "the science of ageing") here.
A bit of an afterthought,this article brings obesity into the mix while asking how much longer the trend towards longer lifespans can continue.
In a semi-related note, it seems that the new thing in online advertising is for one company/product to have multiple ads on the same page in dialogue with one another, bouncing your attention back and forth. The red-alert urgency of the Tylenol ads on the NYT health page, the John Tucker Must Die Myspace ads with just enough nudity to make you look, and those ubitiquous Little Miss Sunshine ads that have become a permanent feature on Gawker and the Times website.
Seriously, how dumb do these people think we are? Like anyone is really going to visit a website with blinking ads silently screaming at them. It's enough to give you a headache.
Anyway, enough of that. I'm gonna take an asprin and then head off to a double feature.
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