If you care about what kinds of ads our nation’s kids are seeing — and how our young ones are being cleverly convinced to buy sugary and junk foods galore — you simply must read this astute, thoughtful commentary from public health attorney Michele Simon.
Basically, this op ed piece, also picked up by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, gives a rundown of last week’s federal government-funded meeting about how food companies market foods to children. Simon offers an eye-opening perspective to the meeting on Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity,
Why should you listen to Simon? Well, she teachers health policy at the University of California, Hastings College of Law, and she directs the non-profit group, Informed Food Choices. Besides, she’s quite articulate.
Rather than even attempt to summarize Simon’s arguments, I invite you to immediately read this important account, "Government Abandons Children to Big Food."
While you’re at it, check out the viewpoints of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Next, let’s hear your rants and opinions.