We are raising a generation of future coffee addicts. Before Energy Drinks it was Mountain Dew with all the caffiene and sugar. Its only a matter of time before you start finding Starbucks in high schools and elementary schools. For some kids just a little caffiene can help them focus on the homework and whats important. Others bounce off walls. If the kids are fat its most likely the parents to blame.
Maybe that won't be such a bad thing. Maybe high caffeine consumption has a positive effect on fitness and education.
Take Seattle, Washington for example:
"Seattle is the birthplace of grunge music[11] and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption;[12] coffee companies founded or based in Seattle include Starbucks,[13] Seattle's Best Coffee,[14] and Tully's.[15] There are also many successful independent artisanal espresso roasters and cafes.[12] Researchers at Central Connecticut State University ranked Seattle the most literate city of America's sixty-nine largest cities in 2005 and 2006 and second most literate in 2007.[16] Moreover, analysis conducted in 2004 by the United States Census Bureau of 2002 survey data indicated that Seattle was the most educated large city in the U.S. with 48.8 percent of residents 25 and older having at least bachelor degrees.[17]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle"In 2005, Men's Fitness magazine named Seattle the fittest city in the United States.[161]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#DemographicsJan. 6, 2005
SEATTLE - Must be something in the coffee. Seattle has been named the fittest city in the United States in the February issue of Men’s Fitness magazine, leaping past the buff competition from Honolulu, Colorado Springs, San Francisco and Denver.
Exercising faithfully and shunning fast food boosted Seattle to the top from No. 6 last year, Men’s Fitness Editor in Chief Neal Boulton said.
“Eighty-five percent of Seattle residents get some exercise every month, and that’s a really significant thing,” Boulton said. The city’s jittery love affair with espresso might fuel some of that activity, he noted: “There’s not only a lot of it, it’s pretty darn strong.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6790560/
