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Technology to Blame for America’s Expanding Waistline?

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    Obesity activist MeMe Roth on the negative impacts of today’s lifestyle.

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The I'm gonna say she's in the food believes that doesn't have objectives that that is that I.

Why is that them.

Beyond the end of lost -- already nothing else.

Kinds of nannies.

Kinda like -- that you don't really like but I I don't have any profit motive -- actually want people to be healthy.

Those who want eleven to profit -- -- -- more and the wrong kinds of its.

-- times can we get to the subject at hand up live it's yours and I take back control of the sensitive that we okay.

We know for a fact that there's always new gadgets come along the gulf black who has got Smartphones that we've got an idea that maybe we can control small -- without on labels you get.

Do you think in any way that technology always -- gadgetry.

Is part of the obesity story.

Kinda like -- -- drive through this you know what -- since the -- for ever there's been technological advances and outlook continue.

And what drives in this convenience.

And since forever also humanity has had to try to survive scarcity.

Only in recent history has that changed so it's it's -- survival instinct to pretty much conserve energy or.

You lazy what about that what you have of the next federal all the components and and yet have a ticket and that's what does does that not it's not that's not.

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Year old youngster is yell at on the iPad they're watching stuff they're playing with out the communicating and centrists such and then on out playing games and on out running around now -- that's parenting not party's fault you know -- since when have you ever want to -- real all authority to parents.

Off is not about shirking their responsibilities.

Obesity has become the biggest entitlement because if we haven't you -- and end and parents that make their children fat.

You have always been on the side of a bureaucrat who wants to organize what people eat.

You not notify -- when look.

Never.

-- parents ultimately always I get paid no that's not because I blame parents I absolutely think that a child advocate is his or her parent the end.

You parents must push back in industry will -- -- have always said that the panel don't do the right thing and the bureaucrats in the school yes this is will do that we have to do -- well.

-- -- -- -- That's -- -- in every in every state in this nation.

There's laws against abusive toward children any kind and end end end feeding a child in a way -- they become fat and -- is a form of abuse.

So yes it's a parent is causing harm to their child somebody must intervene whether.

That's a school or or some sort of child services apps -- I've got fifteen seconds left would you take an obese child.

A way no no never I know we are going no that's an absolute.

What Latin.

You you what would you do you do would you do all we can make sure that you check in with -- regularly and they're showing progress who -- with them.

It has gonna have to be some sort of child -- -- -- -- is the which goes back to obesity being in an entitlement program and that's why we have to push back I don't much about what you're coming from -- and now I do.

In those you'll -- -- -- the great stuff maybe.

At -- -- it's all of that out of time.

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