Advertising of unhealthy foods correlates with childhood obesity rates. In some nations, advertising of candy, cereal, and fast-food restaurants is illegal or limited on children's television channels. The media defends itself by blaming the parents for yielding to their children's demands for unhealthy foods.
Definitions for Lichenoid keratosis. Lichenoid keratosis. Lichenoid keratoses are a cutaneous condition characterized by brown to red, scaling maculopapules found on sun-exposed skin of extremities. Restated, this is a cutaneous condition usually characterized by a solitary dusky-red to violaceous papular skin lesion.
There are often very few reported symptoms of lichenoid keratosis. Some individuals may report an itchy feeling, and a few may feel a slight stinging sensation. The skin lesion is typically the most common, and sometimes the only, reported symptom. Lesions associated with lichenoid keratosis are typically quite small. On average, they will usually grow to be no larger than a 0.5 inch to 1 inch (1.3 to 2.5 centimeters). These lesions also have a tendency to form on areas that are frequently exposed to sunlight. They can often be found on a person's torso or arms.