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Sunday, July 16, 2006
The Sidney Morning Herald (Australia)14-16.05.07
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Valérie and Manon 2m2 will deal with this newspaper
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/judge-issues-order-on-nicole-smiths-baby/2007/02/14/1171405281219.html
Alexandre et Joelle 2m2
Sorry Alexandre and Joelle but this newspaper has already been taken by classmates. Please make another choice
Maritza Gaete & Amaelle Gavin 2m6
Valérie and Manon's article:
The lure of the burger
May 9, 2007 - 1:40PM
"Super-sized" fast-food meals have been blamed for the super-sizing of America's collective waistline.
A new study suggests that there's something about fast-food burgers and fries, other than the often giant portion sizes, that encourages teens to gorge.
In a study of 18 teenagers, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston found that no matter how they served an extra-large fast-food meal -- all at once, or in smaller portions spaced out over one hour -- the teens devoured a similar number of calories.
In general, they downed half of their calorie needs for the day from that one fast-food meal, regardless of how it was served, according to findings published in the journal Pediatrics.
"Super-sized" fast-food meals have been blamed for the super-sizing of America's collective waistline, and there's evidence that giant portion sizes do encourage people to eat more than they otherwise would.
However, the new findings suggest that the tendency to gorge on chicken nuggets and fries is more than a matter of portioning. The nutritional content of those foods -- high in fat and sugar, low in fiber -- may also promote overeating, said lead study author Dr. Cara B. Ebbeling.
If that's the case, then "fundamental improvements in the nutritional quality of fast food" may be needed, she and her colleagues conclude in their report.
The study included teens who were overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. The researchers split the subjects into small groups and asked them to eat an extra-large meal of chicken nuggets, fries and a soda in each of three ways.
On one day, they ate the meal in the standard fashion - all at once. On another day, all of the food was served together, but in four smaller packages; the point was to see if a different "visual cue" would change the teens' food consumption.
Under the third condition, the meal was served in four smaller portions, offered in 15-minute intervals. This change was designed to slow the rate of eating, which in theory could prevent gorging.
But in the end, Ebbeling's team found, the teens ate a similar number of calories no matter how the food was presented -- around 1300 calories, on average, with each meal.
Ebbeling stressed that the way the meals were served was fundamentally different from portion control; each meal offered the same amount of food, just presented in different ways. So eliminating giant portion sizes remains a worthy goal.
"Portion control is really important," she told Reuters Health. "We know that people eat less when they're given a smaller portion."
But the study does suggest that changes in the nutritional quality of these foods, and not just their portion sizes, may be needed.
That, of course, is easier said than done. For now, teens (and adults) who eat at fast-food restaurants can at least order more-healthful options like salads, Ebbeling said.
Teenagers, particularly overweight teens, do tend to overeat in general, but gorging on salad, without a lot of high-calorie dressing, won't make the calories add up as fast.
"It's much harder to get a large amount of calories if you're eating vegetables," Ebbeling said.
Reuters
http://www.smh.com.au/news/diet/the-lure-of-the-burger/2007/05/09/1178390369509.html
Amaelle Gavin and Maritza Gaete 2m6 will take this article :
Teenage girls sentenced to life for murder
Two teenage girls who killed their 15-year-old friend then buried her under a house in a town south of Perth were sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday with no prospect of parole until they are in their 30s.
The two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named because of their age, pleaded guilty in March to the wilful murder of Eliza Jane Davis last June.
Perth Children's Court President Denis Reynolds described the murder as "gruesome and merciless in the extreme".
During lengthy sentencing remarks, Judge Reynolds told the pair - who were 16 at the time of the murder - that their long history of drug use leading up to the night before the murder could not excuse what they had done.
All three girls danced together at a party on June 17, just hours before the killing.
Prosecutor Simon Stone told the court the three friends had slept in the same house after the party, Eliza in one bedroom while the killers slept in a second room.
Idly chatting the next morning, the two disturbed teenagers discovered neither of them would feel bad about killing someone, and decided to kill their friend.
After they buried the corpse, they reported her missing and pretended to help in the search before turning themselves in to police after deciding the grave was so shallow that discovery was inevitable.
The girls have since said they regret the devastating impact on Eliza's family and friends but do not feel sad she is dead.
Mr Stone said experts considered the pair potentially dangerous to others in custody if allowed to continue their dark and enmeshed relationship.
"They planned the murder with calmness, consideration, emotional detachment and the desire to have the experience of killing someone," he said.
Judge Reynolds said that while drugs "formed an integral part of their lifestyle and psychological health", they were not the "catalyst" for the murderous behaviour of the girls on the morning of the killing.
"The facts of this case put it in the worst category of the most serious offence in the criminal code. It was planned," Judge Reynolds said.Ron Davis, Eliza's grandfather, said outside court that the killers would be running around in 15 years but he had lost his granddaughter forever.
"I will never get her back. She is gone for ever. We've lost her", he said. "They have shown no remorse. It's all a big joke to them."
With AAP
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