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Santa is a public health hazard!

T3hReaper91

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    Images of a fat, jolly and somewhat tipsy Father Christmas send out the wrong message and could damage millions of lives, they said.

    Instead of sitting back in his sleigh and breaking the speed limit, Santa should get off and walk or jog.

     

    Obese Santa also needs to swap the brandy and mince pies left out by hopeful children for carrots and celery sticks stolen from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

     

    Dr Nathan Grills and illustrator Brendan Halyday, from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, said the current image of Santa promotes obesity, drink-driving, speeding and a general unhealthy lifestyle.

     

    Santa's universal fame means he is used by companies around the globe to sell all kinds of products, including unhealthy foods, they went on. For example, there is very high awareness of Santa among young children - higher than the McDonald's fictional character, Ronald McDonald.

    Writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the authors said Santa used to also sell cigarettes but that has now been banned.

     

    They went on to provide a full list of Santa's unhealthy behaviours, including encouraging fathers to step in and eat leftover mince pies, thereby expanding their own waistlines. With billions of homes to visit, Santa is also soon over the drink-driving limit due to too many brandies and sherries.

     

    The authors conclude there is a need for Santa to undergo an image overhaul - one that promotes healthy living.

     

    "We need to be aware that Santa has an ability to influence people, and especially children, towards unhealthy behaviour," they said. "Given Santa's universal appeal, and reasoning from a population health perspective, Santa needs to affect health by only 0.1% to damage millions of lives. We propose a new image for Santa to ensure that his influence on public health is a positive one."

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      OMG I can't believe this is real, if anyone else reads the onion news (parodies that are silly but done in a believable way) they would think that the article above was straight from the onion's press...

       

      some people need backhanding...

       

      also 'selling unhealthy products'... we do all know that image we see of santa was an invention of the coca cola company don't we?

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        Whats that meant to mean? I am sick of people on here taking a dig at Australia, and its people. No longer will I return to this website.

        I'll go a bit off-topic for you. You know nothing, buddy. Do you know how often people around here make jokes about Bulgaria? It was in the Omegle thread, Ferrari crash thread, the Bin and etc. But does it worth quitting a forum, just because a random joke. I mean, I see your point of view but obviously, tWm was just joking. I dunno wheter you will be reading this but if you do, don't take Internet stuff seriously. :)

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