Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don't 276
Xemu writes "Computers don't make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund's county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child's obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child's room, but placing a computer in the room had no effect at all. One theory is that it's common to have a snack in front of the TV, while a computer requires a more active user, for example when chatting or playing games."
Re:90% of the calories from sugar and fat.. (Score:3, Informative)
Taken from the website http://www.nutellausa.com/ingredients.htm [nutellausa.com] : ingredients: sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (from milk), soy lecithin: an emulsifier, vanillin: an artificial flavor.
And the nutrition label:
http://www.nutellausa.com/nutrition-facts.htm [nutellausa.com]
It's about on par with Jif.
Re:"Active"? (Score:3, Informative)
If nothing else - it slows down your eating.
Eating too fast is one of top reasons Obesity occurs. Your stomach takes a while to send the "I'm full" signal to your brain. Something like 8 minutes, I think. So when you slam down a bunch of food and then think "I'm full" you end up over-eating, more than your stomach can handle. So your body turns it to fat.
Re:IS there a link to the study? (Score:5, Informative)
Suggestion and theory of fat accumulation key (Score:2, Informative)
Re:who can eat when (Score:1, Informative)
Is that what you kids are calling it these days? In my day, we did it with one hand, and we liked it!