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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (18626)	2/11/2002 6:34:58 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

A million Americans die every year from obesity related ailments in the US vs about 50,000 to 100,000 from Tobacco. We now are starting to see a large increase of "adult onset diabetics" (obesity related), ot type II diabetics in children and teen agers. I don't think it is amusing since the industry is targeting children before they reach kindergarten, and now those guys have such a hold on that new generations that schools are afraid to "lose kids" and offer the same. Of course, they offer healthy food, but they advertise the fat stuff and I have never seen them advertise the health virtues of their fish or chicken (but then, I rarely watch the tube <g>). Zeev