Everything's Funny To Someone.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2005 Silly Consumer Groups, Trix Are For Kids This story tells of Kraft Foods' attempts to curb their marketing of unhealthy snacks towards kids, which is a noble effort seeing as how kids are the primary reason unhealthy snacks exist. But then there's a pull quote like this: The new marketing program comes as food companies are facing rising criticism from some consumer groups and others that they are contributing to obesity in children. Should we blame the makers of the snack foods, or should we blame the parents who buy and allow their fat kids to eat a box of Oreos while watching seven hours of TV a day? I'm not saying that seven hours of TV and a box of Oreos is bad, not at all. But when you get your kid that PS2 or SpongeBob DVD set for Christmas, get them a bicycle or a skateboard too and force them to use it. Perhaps I'm just weird, but when I see a little fat kid, I don't get angry at Kraft Foods. Well, I don't get angry at all, actually. That'd be just silly. I do, however, laugh at the parents who don't want to take responsibility for the health of their child. Whatever, yo. Update: The Seattle PI carried this story which has this very peculiar closing paragraph: Kraft won't cease all advertising of fatty, sugary products such as Lunchables and Pebbles cereal, however -- TV ads for such products will still be seen during adult and family shows such as "According to Jim." Because when I think of "fat", I think of Jim Belushi. posted by ben | 8:57 AM |
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