Oh no, here comes the government again
Apparently our children watch too many television ads for junk food on tv. At least that's what a watchdog group in Amsterdam said. The United States and Great Brittain were leading the pack with 90% of child-time programming commercials being for food, and upwards of 60% of that for "unhealthy" food.
I don't know how everyone else feels about it, but your kids EAT WHAT YOU GIVE THEM. They don't do the shopping, they don't pay the grocery bill, they don't take the car out to Burger King in the middle of the night. If you buy them what they want at the store, it's YOUR fault, not evil food corporations, not evil tv empires, YOU. The problem isn't the advertising on the kid channels.
The problem narrows down, best I can tell, to education and time. Sure, the kids are being educated in school, and most kids can do a decent job of telling you what's healthy and unhealthy, but it doesn't mean anything to them because it doesn't get practiced at home. Hell, we have a hard enough time teaching evolution properly, because there are altogether too many children AND adults in America who don't buy it. Christ, I better not get started on that.
Seriously, until we have some kind of practical education for adults that shows how to figure up calorie counts and macronutrient percentages, what it means, and how to adjust our diets, then find us all jobs where we make enough money to work only one and have time to spend with our kids, they aren't likely to get the clue. I know, I know, I can hear it now; "but you CAN eat healthy in a hurry." Sorry, teaching your kids takes patience and TIME.
That's why we're still a fat nation. I remember several years ago, everyone went nuts on McDonalds for making out kids fat. What did McD's do? Put nutritional info out there so everyone could see it. I bet less than one percent of people in McD's can tell you the calorie count on a single item on the menu. Then we got pissed about trans fat. Amazingly, nobody is expecting a decrease in heart disease yet. Now we're going to let the government step in and regulate what kind of commercials we're allowed to watch? Maybe Decaslim reviews would go nicely with Sesame Street, huh?
There are many opportunities for the government to step in for our benefit, but this just isn't one of them.
I don't know how everyone else feels about it, but your kids EAT WHAT YOU GIVE THEM. They don't do the shopping, they don't pay the grocery bill, they don't take the car out to Burger King in the middle of the night. If you buy them what they want at the store, it's YOUR fault, not evil food corporations, not evil tv empires, YOU. The problem isn't the advertising on the kid channels.
The problem narrows down, best I can tell, to education and time. Sure, the kids are being educated in school, and most kids can do a decent job of telling you what's healthy and unhealthy, but it doesn't mean anything to them because it doesn't get practiced at home. Hell, we have a hard enough time teaching evolution properly, because there are altogether too many children AND adults in America who don't buy it. Christ, I better not get started on that.
Seriously, until we have some kind of practical education for adults that shows how to figure up calorie counts and macronutrient percentages, what it means, and how to adjust our diets, then find us all jobs where we make enough money to work only one and have time to spend with our kids, they aren't likely to get the clue. I know, I know, I can hear it now; "but you CAN eat healthy in a hurry." Sorry, teaching your kids takes patience and TIME.
That's why we're still a fat nation. I remember several years ago, everyone went nuts on McDonalds for making out kids fat. What did McD's do? Put nutritional info out there so everyone could see it. I bet less than one percent of people in McD's can tell you the calorie count on a single item on the menu. Then we got pissed about trans fat. Amazingly, nobody is expecting a decrease in heart disease yet. Now we're going to let the government step in and regulate what kind of commercials we're allowed to watch? Maybe Decaslim reviews would go nicely with Sesame Street, huh?
There are many opportunities for the government to step in for our benefit, but this just isn't one of them.
No offense, but the design really is horrible
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Yeah, but I like it. No offense, but you're kind of a douche
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