NYT has an interesting article up about the effect of unhealthy food advertisements on children. The bloated rate of childhood obesity, The Times suggests, is probably not entirely a coincidence.
Particularly on television, advertisements for fatty or high-sugar filled foods catering to children are ineffectively regulated.
Yes, food companies are required to meet certain standards when marketing to children under 12. But no, these are not government standards — they’re actually the company’s own standards.
So, Kellogg’s gets to choose how healthy Kellogg’s has to be, and the same goes for General Mills, Post, and all the rest of them.
This legislation might be lacking, but it does keep certain products from being marketed. Kellogg’s does not advertise for Cocoa Krispies, for example, because the cereal features 14 grams of sugar per serving — exceeding the company’s own limit of 12 grams.
Children, Health, Nutrition
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Soda drinkers are very passionate people. Coke vs. Pepsi. Brown vs. Clear. Sugar vs. Diet.
In the latter category, pro-diet drinkers maintain that diet soda is just (or nearly) as delectable and caffeinated as its sugary brethren, however it’s calorie free, which can add up to hundreds of saved cals each day.
Anti-diet people, however, claim that diet soda is either tasteless or – worse – harmful to your health. We can’t account for taste, but we did take a look at the reported danger of diet soda. Read on for the potential risks.
It could make you… gain weight? Amazingly, diet soda might accomplish an effect opposite of what its name implies. Scientists report that faux-sugar drinks might increase some people’s cravings for sugar overall, which can make that willpower harder to rein in.
It could actually be dangerous. Maybe. The FDA disagrees, but some scientists have connected the consumption of the sweetener aspartame (used in diet soda) to lymphoma and brain tumors in rodents.
It’s definitely not your healthiest option. Even if diet soda isn’t actively sabotaging your diet (or body), it lacks the nutritional and/or cleansing abilities of water, tea, and low-calorie juice.
Health, Health Tips, Nutrition
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