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13 Major League Baseball teams are offering all you can eat seats this 2008 season. The Los Angeles Dodgers have 3,300 of these $35 seats (the most of any team), which includes Dodger dogs, nachos, peanuts, popcorn, soft drinks, and water. While the Pittsburgh Pirates only provide 164 seats to the over indulging fans.

CNN reports in their article All-you-can-eat baseball seats a nightmare for dieticians:

Nearly half of the 30 major league baseball teams have added the all-inclusive seats, and others are looking into it. The NHL has nine teams offering the deal; the NBA has six. The idea has not caught on with the NFL, but NASCAR has put it in overdrive, selling the tickets at multiple racetracks.

Don’t get me wrong, I am all about getting my money’s worth, but somethings are just too much. The United States is a country where the incidences of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are growing each year. These health issues are not just growing in an aging population, but are also showing up at an alarming rate in the children of this country. Do Americans need to be over consuming pigs? Is this the example and message we want to send to our children?

If you want a more complete listing of Major League Baseball teams which provide fat ass fan seats you can go to the USA Today article All-you-can-eat seats for 2008.

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Do you have a teenage daughter or know someone who does? The BBC News is running a story about STD’s and teenage American girls.

This story opens by stating:

One in four teenage girls in the United States has a sexually-transmitted disease, a study has indicated.

How many of you are saying to yourselves, “That is not my little girl.” This is one of the BBC News’ most emailed and read articles in the U.S. today, so I bet many of you are thinking about it.

Here is a link to the BBC story STDs rife among US teenage girls. You can also go to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tracking the Hidden Epidemic, which details sexually transmitted diseases by age, race, and region in the United States.

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