My early pubescence was spent as a balloon, with folds of cottage cheese weighing me down by 160-ish pounds, only 20 pounds less than I am now. Looking back, I have right to blame a bit of that on the advertisements I took into my greedy little eyes sitting in front of the telly. Of course, I'd beg my poor mother for goodies in the supermarket, and she'd grudgingly oblige.
Maybe the next generation will be better off--McDonald's has taken a step to improve advertising to kids 12 and under by offering healthier menu items like low-fat milk and white meat McNuggets (which, in my opinion, are still morsels of artificially stabilized protein). Nevertheless, better something than nothing, I suppose.
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