Enter the Computer

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Chapter 4 Life in the Fat Lane

Oh Snap!

Enter the computer age. As if it is not bad enough we sit at the hearth of the television set for rest and recreation.

Doh! Television commercials for food and drink increase food and drink consumption
Doh! The per-capita number of fast-food restaurants doubled between 1972 and 1997
Doh! Calorie content in foods consumed increased 20% in the late 1980s and 1990s (this coincides with increased number of hours worked by mothers)
1977 The first Apple Computer goes on sale
1978 Illinois Bell Company introduces first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System
Space Invaders Launches Craze for Computer Video Games
The first computer bulletin board system BBS is created
98% of all American homes have a television
1979 ESPN launches on cable television

You can almost hear the sound of all those permanently softened well-fattened-arses, through years of fast food and television, collectively flopping into their video rockers and gaming chairs

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