Whitney Everett/TV ads in Spanish may fuel kid obesity/February 22nd, 2008/4:02pm/post 6
The article that I chose this week is about obesity again and it is written in India. It talks about how tv ads in Spanish may cause obesity. It says that two to three commercials air on Spanish language television in the United States and a third were aimed at children. Latino children make up one-fifth of the U.S. child population and have the highest obesity and overweight rates. And a federal survey found that 50 percent of Hispanic or Latino children have a television in their bedrooms, compared to 20 percent of white children. The American Academy of Pediatricians recommends that young children should be restricted to two hours a day or less of TV viewing and says children younger than 2 should not watch any TV.
I believe this article does have some significance because I believe that there is many commercials that are focused on children and fast food and unhealthy foods. I do not believe these commercials are causing these children to be overweight. If they are very young they are depending on their caregiver for food and it is up to the caregiver to provide the food to them whether it is healthy or not. They make the decision to whether get the food for their children or not. Just watching the commercials I believe does not cause obesity, it’s a different story though if the caregivers are fulfilling the children’s wants in getting them the unhealthy food.
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I think this article is interesting. The media shows everything to our youth, and eating unhealthy is one. By putting these things on the television, many believe that what is on televison is the way life should be. It is up to the parents and caregivers to set the limits of reality and fiction. The media once again is the key to many things our youth are exposed to.
Wow, I did not know that many Hispainic kids that were obese. It is really sad that food corporations keep advertising to kids when it is clear that there is a problem with obesity. It is like they don't care about the welfare of our children.
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