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  • Morning News: Hormonal Women the Answer to Economic Recovery

    Perhaps President Obama and his economic advisors have been thinking about this economic recovery all wrong. Instead of giving money and loans to banks and businesses, they should give it to the people who could really inject some cash into this economy: women. Specifically, hormonal women.

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  • Study: Those Growth Charts Are Total BS

    fat babiesAt last, I have a valid reason to go give dirty looks to the pediatricians who told me that my babies needed to gain weight: a new study reveals that the growth charts we've all been relying on to determine whether our babies are healthy or not are skewed. That's right, skewed! It turns out that high-protein baby formula makes heavier babies (which in turn can make heavier adults, how do you like that one for a nice dish of Guilt Supreme?). Babies fed high-protein formula put on weight faster and more extensively than did babies who were fed breastmilk or low-protein formula. So no Atkins For Babies, I guess.

    Parents who breastfeed can breathe a sigh of relief now that there's proof that they haven't been starving their babies all along, and hopefully the judgemental pediatricians will lay off too. Like I said, there are a couple I'd like to have some words with.

    As for parents who formula-feed? I don't know where you go with this one. If it were me I'd of course be looking for corroborating information (cuz I know ya'll don't make life-altering decisions based on what you read here at Babble) while trying to avoid feeling guilty over something that's not your fault. And maybe checking the protein levels of your formula (which purportedly have been halved over the past 25 years, but are still too high according to this study).


  • Junk Food Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity. In Other News, Pope is Catholic.

    The third California Childhood Obesity Conference kicked off on Tuesday, the 23rd, and experts agree that marketing plays a big (and insidious) role in shaping kids' dietary habits. I was going to hold off on writing about this particular article until after the PR guys from McDonald's, Kellogg's, et al. put out statements questioning the validity of statements made by those speakers while defending their products ("But we also sell yogurt!"). There's just something exhilarating about people who are so nefariously intent on denying reality; putting a delusionary spin on matters of life and death is so vile and sad you just have to laugh.

    And yes, childhood obesity is a matter of life and death. The study highlighted in the O.C. Register article indicates that 1 on 4 Orange County children are overweight; we all know that young children who are obese have a much higher chance of developing serious and potentially life-shortening health problems.

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  • Samantha Bee Says Your Baby's Too Fat. Like, Unlovable Fat.

    Ever get the nagging feeling that your baby is too fat?  That he or she is a threat to your family's overall attractiveness?  You’re not alone.  Fake news reporter Samantha Bee knows just how you feel.  

    Tuesday night's episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart debuted a new segment, “Baby Talk,” hosted by Sam and her husband, Jason Jones, also a Daily Show reporter.  (Jones couldn’t make it to the set in time for broadcasting due to his penchant for strippers – new dads gotta get it somewhere!  HAHA!… Ha.) - but that’s another story).

    According to Sam's report, a frightening number of our “natal American” population are lard asses who are getting… lardier.  Bee says that in 1986, most American babies were “endearingly pudgy.”  By 1996, the majority had become “fatty bo-batties.”  And today, 62% of babies are simply “unlovable.”

    What’s led to this horrifying surge in infant obesity?  Well, Bee says, the answer is simple: our incompetent parenting.  Her suggested remedy to the epidemic?  “Healthifying” babies meals by scraping out the creamy filling of baby’s daily Ring-Ding, and replacing it with strained peas… or tuna fish.  Mmmm.  Thanks, Sam!

    Can’t wait for next week’s segment, “Is Your Baby An Asshole?”  

    Stay tuned!



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