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posted by martyb on Saturday October 20 2018, @08:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the GIGO dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:49AM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:49AM (#751614) Journal

    When you eat out (hurr hurr) at a burger joint, ask for your burger "No bun". Most places will lettuce wrap the burger and you can eat it like a burger, or get a plate and utensils and eat it that way.

    Places like Burger King and A&W give you so much lettuce, tomato, etc., it's like a salad AND a burger all in one.
    (At McD's, it's like a regular small burger, no bun...sad).

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  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:45PM (1 child)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:45PM (#751709) Homepage Journal

    I always throw the bun away since I got dentures, but not for health (the only time I ever had a weight problem was when I was on Paxil). There's just not enough room in my mouth for a bite of a Whopper AND dentures, so the bun goes in the trash.

    There's commercial for denture glue that I find hilarious. The guy puts a HUGE bite of steak in his mouth and starts chewing, when anyone who wears false teeth knows it's impossible to eat a bite that big with dentures.

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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday October 21 2018, @08:29PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Sunday October 21 2018, @08:29PM (#751764) Journal

      You should try the no bun/lettuce wrap option: loads of salad!

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