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Marketing Fast Food to Children: Analysis

lso manifested "statistically significant decreases in children's reported television viewing and meals eaten in front of the television" (Robinson 1561). These findings suggest not only that the sedentary activities of television watching and video game playing encourage obesity through lack of exercise but also that television advertising directed at children plays a part in encouraging children to eat nutritionally empty foods that put pounds on them.

Moreover, according to a 2003 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "the estimated lifetime risk of developing diabetes for individuals born in 2000 is 32.8% for males and 38.5% for females" (Narayan, Boyle, Thompson, Sorensen, Williamson). Cancer is a result of a disordered diet that produces inflammation in the body, and the Standard American Diet, or SAD, is rife with foods that cause inflammation, including white flour, white sugar, saturated fats, trans fats, and processed meats-all foods featured heavily in advertisements to children.

It is interesting that the foods produced for the children's market are virtually all nutritionally empty and injurious to the health. Cereals targeting children are high in sugar content and many times even coated with extra sugar. Children's fast food meals at McDonald's and other fast food restaurant

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