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bbianca127 writes "A study has found that fast-food logos are branded into the minds of children at an early age, perhaps fueling the U.S.'s obesity epidemic. The study showed children 60 logos from popular food brands and 60 logos from popular non-food brands. Researchers found that, when shown images of fast-food brands, the parts of kids' brains linked with pleasure and appetite lit up. This is concerning because marketers tap into those portions of the brain long before children develop self-control, and most foods marketed to kids are high in calories, sugar, sodium, and fat."

El Flynn sent us this story where you can read about internet addiction! The surprising part is that it took them this long to realize that it might be an addiction. The scary part is that the study claims that those of us who are addicted to the net may be likely to have other psychological disorders. Mind you the disorders they list seem kinda trivial. Course maybe I should seek help too *grin*