Congress Must Stop Food Marketers from Sugar-Rushing Our Kids Into.... Susan Linn.
by Linn, Susan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 67Business. Publisher: KRT News Service, 2005ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Advertising and children | Junk food | Obesity | Obesity in childrenDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Sports Illustrated for Kids has its own brand of sugary fruit snacks. So do Barbie, Spongebob Squarepants, Spiderman and Elmo. So does the Cartoon Network. While childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions, the food industry continues to devise insidious ways to sell children on junk food. The American grocery aisle resembles a Hall of Fame for beloved cartoon characters." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) The author opines that "Congress should restrict advertising of food products to kids."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Congress Must Stop Food Marketers from Sugar-Rushing Our Kids Into..., Feb. 24, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Sports Illustrated for Kids has its own brand of sugary fruit snacks. So do Barbie, Spongebob Squarepants, Spiderman and Elmo. So does the Cartoon Network. While childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions, the food industry continues to devise insidious ways to sell children on junk food. The American grocery aisle resembles a Hall of Fame for beloved cartoon characters." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) The author opines that "Congress should restrict advertising of food products to kids."
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