TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity

Posted on November 21, 2008 



Banning fast food advertisements from children’s television programs would reduce the number of overweight children in the U.S. by 18 percent and decrease the number of overweight teens by 14 percent, economists have estimated in a new study. It doesn’t happen in Indonesia yet (starving children do). But at least it’d be useful information among the middle class family.


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Comment by Hendrawan
2008-11-21 04:40:07

that’s absolutly right, make us at general comsumtive..

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Comment by kadek hery yunartha putra
2008-12-28 11:23:08

ok deh

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