VIDEO GAMES CAUSE CHILD OBESITy

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UK McDonald's rep, Steve Easterbrook made a very interesting statement recently. The fast food chain exec shared his thoughts that PC games are the reason why many children are overweight.

“The issue of obesity is complex and is absolutely one our society is facing, there’s no denial about that,” said Easterbrook. “But if you break it down I think there’s an education piece: how can we better communicate to individuals the importance of a balanced diet and taking care of themselves?

“Then there’s a lifestyle element: there’s fewer green spaces and kids are sat home playing computer games on the TV when in the past they’d have been burning off energy outside.”
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McDonalds fails for this statement.

They're the ones pumping salt and fat into kids... and they say its not them?

Bloody corporate bastards want to make a living off us and seek to blame others?

Thats low... even for McDonalds. Not as low as Jack Thompson though, but still pretty damn low.
 
this is a guns dont kill people people kill people argument
 
AHAHHAHHAHHA... Sorry,


someone ask Morgan Spurlock what he thinks about this.
 
rofl thats funny
 
To be fair, McDonald's is not saying that they're not contributing; only that children's lifestyle is to sit and play video games rather than run around and play. Although apparently they've never heard of the Wii, but that's also dependent on the kids' parents actually being able to find the thing to get one.
 
This is kinda like how people were complaining that kids these days are getting fatter, but they wanted to remove recess from the schools. Slight conflict of interest?
 
Bajaratt said:
To be fair, McDonald's is not saying that they're not contributing; only that children's lifestyle is to sit and play video games rather than run around and play. Although apparently they've never heard of the Wii, but that's also dependent on the kids' parents actually being able to find the thing to get one.
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ya but the Wii can really be done by sitting down and wiggling the stick :P don't have to be up and active.

But ya this is just lolable material, though with a hint of truth. I wouldn't mind a child of mine playing video games but I'd want them to get out and active :P I try to as much as I can but damn so many friends having moved away :(
 
Yeah, you can play most games just like you would with a normal controller, but a lot of the fun is actually doing the motions; so most people are up and active.
 
Funny story about the Wii comment.

Some pissed off mom came in to work one day and gave me a pretty big ear full about how the Wii doesn't burn as many calories as if they were doing the actual thing they were simulating. I started laughing and asked if she wanted her kid to become a boxer. Then she left in a big huffy mood.

I love sales jobs.
 
Makelith said:
Funny story about the Wii comment.

Some pissed off mom came in to work one day and gave me a pretty big ear full about how the Wii doesn't burn as many calories as if they were doing the actual thing they were simulating. I started laughing and asked if she wanted her kid to become a boxer. Then she left in a big huffy mood.

I love sales jobs.
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I need to start doing that; I usually just put up with retarded questions/comments from customers but it'd be nice to shut them up once in a while.
 
I think the problem for me is playing FFXI and eating McDonald's at the same time.... /epiphany.
 
I get worn out playing some Wii Sports boxing after a while, man.
 
One thing I have learned is that you don't play on the right side of your right-handed blonde gf while playing Tennis on the Wii. I counted at least 9 times where she dived to my side almost nailing me in the fucking temple with the controller. The proper recourse was turning off the system and grounding her from ever playing Wii Tennis again.
 
Rayn said:
One thing I have learned is that you don't play on the right side of your right-handed blonde gf while playing Tennis on the Wii. I counted at least 9 times where she dived to my side almost nailing me in the fucking temple with the controller. The proper recourse was turning off the system and grounding her from ever playing Wii Tennis again.
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Hell yes, put the bitch in her place!
 
^lol

Personally, when I sit down in front of the computer I tend to forget completely about eating. Several of my friends are like that too, sometimes its past midnight before they get around to having dinner. But gamer or not, if you teach your kid its okay to frequently have fast food, they're going to become a lard ass. I'll never understand how people think that stuff actually tastes good.
 
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