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By: jess

jess — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:45:51 +0000

I do understand why parents are upset, because most are ignorant themselves to nutritional information. In the end, WE are the ones who make the purchases…go to the produce department.

By: TeachX3

TeachX3 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:48:04 +0000

Excellent point DR! In the end though, it is the parents job to make sure their children learn healthy lifestyle habits… we have the responsibility to our children, not the gov or marketing or the world.

http://www.Fit4LifeFriends.com

By: DR

DR — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:44:06 +0000

Restaurants aren’t the only place where kids are developing poor eating habits.

$867,761,000 per year is spent on marketing carbonated beverages, breakfast cereals and snack foods to our kids.

In comparison, $65,938,000 was spent marketing dairy products, fruits and vegetables to our kids.

And the government spent $51,000,000 marketing healthy eating and exercise to our kids.

In total, just under 13.5% of the pop, cereal and junk food budget is spent on marketing healthy alternatives.

And we wonder why our kids are FAT.

Details here – http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/your-kids-are-being-targeted/