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Ban on Fast-Food Ads Would Cut Childhood Obesity 18%

Ban Fast Food advertising? Why on earth would you do such a silly thing. Fast food is not responsible for overweight kids. Its one of many many factors.

A similar meal at Fridays or Applebees type restuarant contains nearly DOUBLE the calories and sugars that McD, BK, and Wendy's contain - which suprisingly is not as high as people would think. Ive read stories about DairyQueen and Ice Cream shops whose special sundaes (which are SNACKS not meals) contain nearly as much in one indiviudal/shake as an entire value meal at BK. Should we ban adversiting to them too?

There is no link between ads and obesity. There is a link, between irresponsible eating and lack of excersize, and parents are to blame too. How could a kid who is not even active be given money so he can buy fast food whenever he wants? The parents provide the meals for kids. If you see your childs eating habbits going down the drain and the kid not excersizing and being obese - why cant the parents handle situation at home? A parent controls a kids diet as they are buying the food or preparing it in the household.

What about snacks? Snacking is also big time cause of obesity...A kid that sits in between meals in front of a computer with a bag of chips (which are absolutley massive in the USA) and eats more than just the "serving size" on the back (we all pig out sometimes right?) he is eating the equivalent of over a single meal of fast food. Not to mention soda's which are plain addictive qualities and are drank in schools, sometimes several cans a day. Most American households with kids have sodas always in the fridge. To single out a meal that is fatty vs the snacks that are unecesary habbits of these children sometimes adding up in a single day to being way worse for these kids is totally ridiculous.

I do realize this is just hypothetical study...Still....The idea a ban on fast food advertising is utterly ridiculous!