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Wednesday, June 16, 2004heavy kids have bigger appetites. They attempt to blame the over-eating on fast food, but the heavy kids consumed more calories than the skinny kids, regardless of where they took their meals. The heavier kids did consume more calories when they were at the fast food court, but consider how they were tempted: In the second part of the study, the teens came to a food court, where they were offered an extra-large order of fries, chicken nuggets, chocolate chip cookies and a 20-ounce soda. They were given refills when they had consumed three-quarters of their food. Empty soda containers were replaced with full ones. They were told to eat as much or as little as they wanted during the one-hour meal. That's kind of like putting a bunch of smokers and non-smokers in a room full of free cigarettes, telling them to smoke as much as they want, then marvelling at the difference in smoking rates between the two. posted by Sydney on 6/16/2004 07:12:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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