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Junk Food Ads

It's American Diabetes Month

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Diabetes Study, Junk Food, Type 2 Diabetes, Low-Fat Vegetarian Diets, Junk Food Ads, Health, Dr. Neal Barnard, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Glucose, Living News
Christina Pirello

Type 2 diabetes is such an American epidemic that we can skip giving kids bikes for Christmas and move right to the wheelchairs they'll be needing later in life. Forget the basketballs, baseball gloves and bats.

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Attack of the Killer Oreos?

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regulation, Obesity, Advertising, Junk Food Ads, Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama, Health, Politics News
Peter A. Ubel

As the father of 8 and 10 year-old boys, I have yearned for a government that is willing to step in, when necessary, to protect my kids from the harmfulness of our excessive consumerism.

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Venus and Serena Williams Endorse Oreos; Meth Next

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Ads, Venus Williams, U.S. Open, Advertising, Williams Sisters, Bad Ads, Oreo Cookies, Serena Williams, Tennis, Oreos, Double Stuf Oreos, Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Junk Food Ads, Eating in Moderation, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Is it responsible to link a junk food of such notoriety to sports?

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NBC Expands Ban On Junk Food Ads For Kid's Programming

Advertising Age | Ira Teinowitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Qubo, Nbc, NBC Universal, Junk Food Ads, Media News

NBC Universal is expanding a ban on ads promoting unhealthy food from its Qubo block of original children's programming to similar shows on the local ...

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