Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Statistics Show That Today's Teens Are Boring, Fat
Statistics show that teen sex, pregnancy, drug use, crime and other things that make life worth living are down from past years, but the obesity rate among teens is steeply on the rise. Whereas their parents spent time industriously occupied at crack-fueled orgies in warehouses full of stolen electronics equipment, today's kids spend all their time watching the internet and eating other, smaller kids. In 1975, if a teenage girl weighed 180 pounds it was because someone put a baby in there. Now I don't know what to think!
(I would be remiss not to mention that the director of the youth justice program at the Urban Institute commenting on the statistics is named Jeffrey Butts.)
In a related story, an insurance company in West Virginia is conducting a study using the game Dance Dance Revolution to get kids more physically active. Poorer kids participating in the study are only allowed to play World Class Track Meet with Power Pad for NES.
(I would be remiss not to mention that the director of the youth justice program at the Urban Institute commenting on the statistics is named Jeffrey Butts.)
In a related story, an insurance company in West Virginia is conducting a study using the game Dance Dance Revolution to get kids more physically active. Poorer kids participating in the study are only allowed to play World Class Track Meet with Power Pad for NES.
