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Since 1999, the International Food Information Council Foundation has tracked the media coverage of the obesity issue.
Last month, I read an article with the quarterly tracking chart included.
Yikes!
The chart only went back to the year 2000 — in which there were about 4,000 articles published (annual rate of 16,000 per year!).
I would assume the numbers prior to 2000 are far lower — and, if you went back far enough in time, probably nonexistant.
Well, the number of articles has gone up each year since 2000.
Not a big surprise — but would you have quessed a THREE TIMES increase to about 12,000 articles (48,000 per year) in just four years!!
Is this crazy or what?
No wonder we have an obesity problem.
You may have seen the new movie called the “Secret.” It’s message — you attract what you think about. In other words, if you think good things are going to happen, they’ll likely happen (e.g., power of positive thinking). However, the opposite will likely occur also.
Maybe if we all thought a lot less about the “obesity epidemic” because we didn’t have to read as much about it, we would all lose weight.
Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of Finally, the Straight Scoop About Weight, Nutrition, and Fitness
Tags: Obesity, obesity epidemic
