Tuesday, May 25, 2004

GET OFF YOUR ASS

these are some fun facts taken from the website for the movie, "Super Size Me" which is getting great reviews and lots of press.
Each day, 1 in 4 Americans visits a fast food restaurant

McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day - more than the entire population of Spain

French fries are the most eaten vegetable in America

You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac

In the U.S., we eat more than 1,000,000 animals an hour

60 % of all Americans are either overweight or obese

One in every three children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime

Left unabated, obesity will surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in America

McDonald's distributes more toys per year than Toys-R-Us

Diabetes will cut 17-27 years off your life

McDonald's calls people who eat a lot of their food "Heavy Users"

Most nutritionists recommend not eating fast food more than once a month
okay - I just lost my appetite...
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