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Doctor, firefighter, astronaut. These are the things kids want to be when they grow up. Obese 35-year-old with type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease? Not exactly. But according to two studies published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), that's where our children are headed, unless monumental - and immediate - changes are made in the effort to curb childhood obesity...
...food item but a search engine, topped with the mercilessly burnt memories of everything that had been on the past week's menu." De Heer, describing a bombed-out house, is equally vivid: "On a metal table in one of the rooms I spot a typewriter, the type bars warped by rust, a thorny bush of twisted language screaming to the heavens...
While Tanjeloff clearly enjoys his work, he scoffs at over-achieving students who start companies simply to pad their resumes. “It takes a lot of time,” he says. “It’s a risk. It takes a really special type of person.” Regarding how his entrepreneurial ventures play into his future plans, Tanjeloff modestly adds, “I hope that it gives...
...American Heart Association, nearly one in five American children between the ages of 6 and 11 are overweight. Perhaps that statistic doesn’t resound as much as it should—it means that nearly one in five children today are already on track for developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, and the whole glut of diseases and disorders associated with obesity. If America’s dire obesity epidemic is to be contained, decisive action must be taken in the interest of the public health, starting with policies that encourage children and adolescents...
...troubling in all of this is that Professor Gail Dines is not just some fringe radical—she represents an entire movement of anti-pornography activists who wage war on the rights of individuals and corporations to take part in commerce. Indeed, there is a type of pornography that is disturbing to view—efforts to prevent young children from viewing this, for instance, is a worthy goal. Beyond that, however, one does best to pursue a libertarian approach to porn...