The growing population of overweight people

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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
  • Busy 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.

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