Memes carry dangerous health-related messages and make light of unhealthy eating habits, researchers from Loughborough University wrote in a letter sent to a British parliamentary committee.
"A substantial number of individuals on Twitter share health-related Internet memes, with both positive and negative messages," they wrote, noting that many "contain inappropriate material."
A picture of an overweight child with the caption "Free food? Count me in!" was sent along with the letter as an example of a meme the researchers found dangerous.
The academics were also concerned by a meme that created a human-like body from pictures of pizzas and hamburgers, with frankfurters used for limbs and a smiley-faced potato for a face.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/18/health/internet-memes-obesity-intl/index.html
Monkey see, monkey... eat?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @10:00PM (2 children)
Curved!!!
Swor....
Woah, wait. 134 lbs is too light????
Fuck.
I'm probably already banned from the EU. I only weigh 120 lbs. O.o;
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @01:09AM (1 child)
My Wife is 135, I call her Fat Fuck every day.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 21 2018, @01:50AM
Yeah, but your wife is only four feet tall, with a flat head. The model is 5 foot ten inches.