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The hoax of modern medicine: Seven facts you need to know Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

No one is talking seriously about banning soda ads and junk food ads to children, and Big Pharma has bought off lawmakers so completely that there's also no serious discussion of ways to end the madness of direct-to-consumer drug advertising (a dubious practice that isn't even allowed in most other countries). Rather than protecting the people, politicians are now in bed with the powerful corporations selling foods, drugs and personal care products that actually harm people. There is no real defender of the people who remains in power in Washington.

The health care reform legislation that Congress should pass, but won't Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

That way, the advertising messages would at least be somewhat balanced out, and viewers wouldn't simply be assaulted by corporate-sponsored junk food ads all the time. #13 End Big Pharma's FDA-enforced drug monopoly Government regulators claim to support free trade in every area imaginable: corn, computers, software, automobiles and even steel. But when it comes to medicine, U.S. regulators feel they need to enforce a U.S. monopoly market that deprives consumers of choice and makes free trade illegal. Just try to buy meds from a Canadian online pharmacy, and you'll see what I mean.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Many toys are really junk food ads in disguise. Take, for example, Coca-Cola Barbie and McDonald's Play-Doh. ¦ To establish what CCFC calls "cradle-to-grave brand loyalty," marketers zero in on tots and toddlers by licensing toys, accessories, and even baby bibs with popular characters. Sadly, our nation's young are sitting targets for marketers' exploitative means. In fact, a child doesn't even understand the concept of advertising until about age eight, and young kids just can't differentiate between commercials and program content, according to the CCFC.

In publicizing the lawsuit, CSPI's press release quoted Sherri Carlson, a mother of three, who lamented Nickelodeon's "enticing junk food ads. Adding insult to injury, we enter the grocery store and see our beloved Nick characters plastered on all those junky snacks and cereals. This irresponsible marketing to young children undermines my efforts as a parent and must be stopped.

Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back Michele Simon See book keywords and concepts

Others were similarly effusive: "Kraft Takes Lead in Responsibility"38 (Advertising Age editorial) and "Obesity Fears Prompt Kraft to Stop Targeting Children with Junk Food Ads"39 (Financial Times of London). (In contrast, the New Tork Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street fournal ran more measured headlines.) To this day, countless newspaper stories continue to erroneously report that Kraft has "stopped marketing unhealthy food to kids"—or words to that effect—even when, as we have seen, its policy hardly rises to the level of a sweeping ban on children's marketing.

For starters, from the chairman of the FTC on down, nearly every government official who had the chance made clear that regulation of junk food ads aimed at children was not on the table and wouldn't be anytime soon. FTC Commissioner Thomas Leary went so far as to warn against the government becoming a "nanny state." If this sounds familiar, it's because that's usually the industry's line. What should have been a serious forum on how to set limits around the marketing of junk food to children turned into yet another fabulous PR opportunity for Big Food. And no wonder.

The main effect of the panels being so biased was that instead of the meeting being about how junk food ads aimed at children should be curtailed, into partnerships with the President's Challenge.26 Other examples of public-private partnerships include America on the Move and Shaping America's Youth. (See Appendix 2.) What's wrong with public-private partnerships? Isn't it a good thing if corporations want to "give back" some of their enormous wealth? Couldn't these good community programs use the money? Of course, but we must also ask what price we are paying.

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