Children Are Likely Watching Junk Food Ads on Nickelodeon
If your child watches the popular children’s network Nickelodeon, nearly 80 percent of food ads they see are promoting foods of poor nutritional quality.
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TV Ads Make Kids Fatter: Ban Those Junk Food Ads Targeted at Children
Well, we already knew this, but it’s interesting to see that a study concluded watching too much TV can make kids fat.
But, specifically, watching those food commercials aimed at them that makes them wider. And if there was a ban on fast food TV advertising, that could help reverse childhood obesity trends, according to a new study from researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
In fact, just getting rid of thoses enticing TV spots for fast food could reduce the number of overweight children by 18 percent, found the researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Now that’s an impressive stat. And it’s a very simple change to make.