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Scary Stats of
Couch Potato Companies
- Each week, an average kid will spend more time with Couch Potato Companies than one parent does at a full-time job.
- Obesity will soon overtake tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death (obesity accounts for 300,000 deaths annually).
- Dora the Explorer and Sponge Bob Squarepants collectively earn $1.2 billion dollars per year in spokes-character endorsements and branded goods. Sponge Bob is a spokes-character for Burger King, among others.
- Although Type 2 Diabetes was virtually unknown in children 10 years ago, it now accounts for almost 50% of new cases in diabetes in children in some communities.
- The number of obese children has tripled since 1980.
- Kids are 50% more likely to be obese if they spend more than 3 hours per day with Couch Potato Companies.
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