According to a study reported in The Guardian, amongst other evils, the TV is making us fat
The mesmeric and seductive power of the ol’ tellybox is well documented. Even in our survey, 38% of people said they preferred watching cookery shows to actually cooking.
If we’re ever going to find our way out of Fatville we’ll need to shake up the defaults that make up our daily lives. Get in – put telly on – check something or other on the internet– order takeaway – watch more telly – go to bed – get fat.
But it’s hard to not put the TV on when it’s so…well, normal.
Everyone remembers that kid at school who didn’t have a TV and didn’t know that Bouncer was the dog in Neighbours and didn’t have any friends…
Do kids get bullied nowadays if their mum and dad won’t let them spend countless static hours on Facebook and Youtube?
In truth, the TV is but one factor in our mightily strange and ‘obesogenic’ world….