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 * 1) The average American now consumes about three hamburgers and four orders of french fries every week. That's 90 grams of fat and 2,520 calories. The average person needs about 2,000 calories for a whole day.
 * 2) overweight has tripled in the past 30 years, according to the Center for Disease Control
 * 3) //Fast Food Nation//, a new book by Eric Schlosser, 96 percent of American schoolchildren can identify Ronald McDonald.
 * 4) "McDonald's Golden Arches, are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross."
 * 5) One-third of overweight students are so heavy they will probably have serious health problems later in life.
 * 6) obese children are becoming prime candidates for heart attacks and strokes even while in their teens.
 * 7) 20 percent above your ideal weight, you are obese.
 * 8) Weight is strongly influenced by genes
 * 9) many cafeterias have been replaced with mall-style food courts.
 * 10) schools across the country have also signed contracts with soft drink companies like Coke and Pepsi.
 * 11) sell as many as 50 sodas per student per school year.
 * 12) Coca-Cola announced they will add water and juice to their school soda machines and will discourage exclusive contracts
 * 13) from 1991-1997 daily participation in physical education dropped from 42 percent to 29 percent, and that almost half of all teens ages 12-21 get no vigorous exercise on a regular basis.
 * 14) Many kids of normal weight seem to think they're fat -- and can develop eating disorders that are just as dangerous to their health as diabetes and stroke.