Among American 15-year-olds, 15 percent of girls and nearly 14 percent of boys were obese, and 31 percent of girls and 28 percent of boys were more modestly overweight, according to a study led by Inge Lissau, a researcher at the National Institute of Public Health in Copenhagen.
How is this possible? I thought the development of low-fat foods was supposed to mean that we could scarf tons of Doritos and Snack-wells and never gain an ounce! It’s really strange to me, as the one or two token fat kids in every high school class would barely qualify as overweight these days. I remember being bewildered when my little brother was admiring a few hefty little heifers walking past our soccer practice – they were probably sophmores and juniors in high school – and I asked him if they weren’t perhaps a little supersized to generate such interest on his part.
“Dude, they’ve all got junk in the trunk these days,” was his cheerful response. How can this be good for either the individuals involved or the society at large?
Of course, smokers should be shot on sight. For the good of everyone. Because smoking is bad for your health.