Why Are You So Hungry?

Maybe it's because you're seeing so many ads for food everywhere you turn. This study from the National Academies of Science says that teens like you see around 17 food ads a day (or 4,400 per year). You might think that advertising doesn't work, but those guys spending millions to stick pix of their products under your nose every ten minutes would disagree.

I know a well-done commercial at just the right moment in my hunger cycle is likely to send me reaching for a bag of chips or a spoonful of sour cream. How about you?

Here's a question. If we are what we eat and we eat what we see, how can we control what we see so we eat what we need? You think about that. I'm going for a cheeseburger.

(via Kottke.org)