The growing population of overweight people
Description:
There is an growing number of overweight people in first world country's.
Enablers:
- The advance of information and communication technology
- The possibility to communicate and play with friends without leaving the house
- Junkfood
- Lazy parents
Inhibitors:
- Popularity of sports
- Trend of health food
- New generation of motion-games
- Worried parents
Paradigms:
- Videogame culture vs. T.V. watchers
- More deceased becuase of obesitas
- Growing concern on (manipulated) food
Experts:
- Marshal McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage
- Nancy Morris, Media and Globalization: Why the State Matters
- Monroe E. Price, Media and Sovereignty
Timing:
In a lot of countries the count of overweight children had doubled since 60's. The cases of childhood obesas are growing.