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Quotes from their research
Time, June 7th 2004
David Ludwig MD- Harvard Pediatrician and Researcher
Kelly Brownell PhD- Yale Psychologist
Marion Nestle PhD- New York University Researcher
James Sallis PhD- San Diego State Univ. Researcher
Nutrition Topics
“For every additional daily serving of a soft drink, a child’s
risk of becoming obese rises 60%. The typical adolescent gets
10-15% of his or her daily calories from soft drinks. It those
drinks were replaced by water, far fewer kids might become
overweight.”
“If you’re a family that has kids with type 2 diabetes, you’re
life is not going to be pretty. Nobody has a clue how much this
overweight business is going to cost us.”
“On days when kids eat fast food, they consume an average of 187
more calories than on days without fast food. On average, the
American kid eats a fast-food meal 1 out of every 3 days, this
would account for an extra 6 pounds of weight gained per year.”
“The restaurant and food industry spends about $13 billion a
year on ads that teach children to pester their parents for
special foods. They teach that children are supposed to have
their own foods and not eat boring adult foods. They teach that
kids are supposed to have something like Lunchables. Parents
have to fight this.”
“The average child sees more than 10,000 food commercials a year
and most are for high-calorie foods. The American Academy of
Pediatrics has concluded that advertising to children under age
8 is inappropriate. It’s inherently unfair to market directly to
young children who lack the intellectual maturity to distinguish
commercials from the substance of a TV show.”
“Norway and Sweden have banned advertising aimed at children and
Australia, Italy and New Zealand have statutory guidelines that
limit it.”
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