CHILDREN'S EXCESS WEIGHT AND OBESITY

By Joel Suñé

There are a lot of overweight and obese children in the United States. The percentage is 33%, 1 out of 3 kids, and this figure is still rising. So, that's alarming.

This happens because many kids do not take any exercise and spend more time playing videogames, watching TV, on the computer... Furthermore, they eat a lot of fast food and drink soft drinks, so it's normal that they get fat. Nowadays families are very busy and cannot prepare nutritious, home-cooked meals, so children eat fast food everyday.

Parents need to take some measures to prevent kids from becoming overweight. The problems are nutrition and the exercise, and if you know what the problems are then it is easy to find the solutions. But the solution is not just knowing these measures, it is a question of adapting the child to the new order: adapting the way your family eats and exercises, and how you spend time together. Helping kids lead healthy lifestyles begins with parents who lead by example.

Jack the Ripper

By Timotei Savu

Jack the Ripper is one of the mysteries of London in Victorian times. Jack the Ripper is a pseudonym that was attributed to an unknown murderer who committed five famous murders. All these murders were committed in Whitechapel, a poor district of London. 
 There were more murders, but it is doubtful that they were committed by Jack the Ripper. The victims were Marie Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Marie Jane Kelly; they were all prostitutes. You can see the map of the murders via this link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Whitechapel_Spitalfields_7_murders.JPG
 A lot of detectives investigated this case but no one discovered anything. The Scotland Yard detectives who investigated the case were Edmund Reid, Frederick Abberline, Henry Moore and Walter Andrews.

I think that Jack the Ripper had some connection with schools because all the murders were committed near schools (see the map). Jack the Ripper will continue being a mystery.

Wikileaks

By Antonio Rodríguez

Wikileaks is a website that reveals information of public interest, often related to political and religious affairs. The site was created in 2006 and was defined as a public service. Its creator was Julian Assange. Assange was born in Australia in 1971. He is a journalist and software programmer. It supports itself through donations. Wikileaks has more than one million public documents, most of them about the USA. The Wikileaks team comprises five people, with further support from 800 anonymous individuals.

The new relationships on internet

( you can find the love on the web )

By Carlota Pérez

All the people ask these questions : Is the love on the web ( Affinity, Meetic,... ) different from the love face to face? Is it possible you find the love? Is it true, serious and reliable? Are the lies more frequent? What is the magic formula to find love on internet?

Every day 42 people in Spain start a new relationship in Meetic.com. Click only the computer mouse and add photos and people in your profile! It is a new way to discover love. The social networks like Facebook or Twiter also allow you to talk on line and increase your list of friends all over the world.

Nowadays harassment on internet (in the social pages ) is a problem that harms to the person who suffers it (especially the children).

Personal information is at the mercy of everybody on the social netwoks, because people post it.

Pieces of information:

*Every day 42 people in Spain start a new relationship in Meetic.com (facebook)

*There are over 900 million “objects” people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages,...)

*80 community pages, groups and events.

*An user creates 90 pieces of content each month

*More than 30 billion pieces of content (web, news stories, blogs, notes, photo albums, etc.) are shared each month.

*Facebook installs 20 million applications every day.

*250 milions people use facebook every day. It has 500 milions of users in the world.

FAST FOOD

By Henar Marin

In 1912 the first automat food machines appeared in cafeterias in New York. They offered prepared food behind a glass window and customers paid by inserting coins into a slot. The system already existed in Berlin and in some US cities, such as Philadelphia.

The company Horn & Hardart popularized take-away food with the slogan "Less work for Mom”.

These machines were replaced by fast food restaurants. The most famous are: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Subway, Burger King, and McDonald's.

One of the most important features of fast food is that it can be consumed 
anywhere, and it can be served on the spot, delivered at home or eaten in the street. Examples of this type of food are pizza, hamburgers, fried chicken, 
tacos, sandwiches, chips, onion rings, etc.,

Nowadays, fresh food cooked at home is increasingly being replaced by industrial food 
cooked with preservatives and additives. Eating fast food and, furthermore, having bad habits like skipping breakfast, not eating fruit and vegetables on a daily basis, drinking soft drinks instead of water and eating sweets and junk food all damage people’s health and increase the levels of obesity.

More than nine million children and teenagers aged between 6 and 19 are considered overweight and obese.

Cartoons

By Sílvia Rovirosa

The cartoons I watched when I was a child were more suitable for children than the series nowadays, such as “Family Guy”, “The Simpsons”, ...

When I was child, the morst classic movies, and the prettiest, were Disney movies, such as “Cinderella”, who was a poor girl who overcame social obstacles through love, and “Pocahontas”, a nice story about racism and nature. Other popular movies were “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Little Mermaid”; these taught us that love is the most important thing and outer beauty doesn’t matter. None of these stories were very real but they showed what children should learn about life.

When I was child, the most classic cartoon series on television were “Winnie the Pooh”, “Mickey Mouse” and “Tom and Jerry”. They were innocent, educational and specifically made for children. But nowadays the cartoons made for children are too violent and unsuitable, as in the case of “Family Guy”, because the protagonist is rude and a man who sets a bad example to his children, who have psychological problems.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S TASTES

By Nicolás Ordax

We all know that everyone has different tastes but young people normally have similar ones.

-Fast food: As I have observed above, this is not the healthiest way to eat, but if you eat it only occasionally, there is no problem. It is a very popular way of eating, as it is quick and cheap. People all over the world, but most especially in the USA, eat in fast-food restaurants.

-Chewing gum: this can be a very disgusting habit, especially when people spit in out on the floor. Young people chew gum a great deal, and this always causes problems in class.

-Vegetables: Young people do not eat vegetables – that is a golden rule. I personally think that it is because here in Spain most of the vegetables are not prepared well, they usually are just boiled and lose all their taste.