Study: Fast Food Advertisements linked to weight gain. (Links)

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Burning Typhoon on 21 March 2013

http://news.health.com/2013/02/13/outdoor-fast-food-ads-linked-to-obesity-study-suggests/

Article in above link.

"WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) — Living in an area with many outdoor fast-food ads may be linked to weight gain, according to a new study."

Apparently, the more often you see avertisements for a particular item, the more likely you are to buy it. Discuss?

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bananaking21 on 21 March 2013

"Apparently, the more often you see avertisements for a particular item, the more likely you are to buy it. Discuss?"

no fucking way?

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NightDragon83 on 21 March 2013

Another study: Beer and liquor commercials linked to alcoholism, fist fights, and an increases in STDs contracted via one-night-stands.

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Panama on 21 March 2013

People really got to stop eating those billboards.

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Burning Typhoon on 21 March 2013

Panama said:
People really got to stop eating those billboards.

Either that or stop wasting money on useless studies.

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AbbathTheGrim on 21 March 2013

This shattered my reality.

Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

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archer9234 on 21 March 2013

Oh, really? I have another study. People get fat because they have no self control. News at 11.

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kain_kusanagi on 21 March 2013

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