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A Ban on Fast Food Ads? That's Fit Readers Think It's a Good Idea

Posted on Nov 25th 2008 11:00AM by Maggie Vink

Filed Under: Nutrition & Supplements

A recent study theorized that banning fast food commercials would have a positive impact on childhood obesity. After all, most kids watch an awful lot of television -- being tempted by burgers and fries (not to mention the toys they're packaged with) can be a big draw. Pair that with the potential sleep problems and loss of physical activity due to TV watching and you've got a recipe for childhood obesity. Or do you?

I asked That's Fit readers what they thought about banning fast food commercials. Here are the results:

56.6 percent think banning fast food commercials is a good idea. Remove the temptation and maybe kids would beg and plead for fast food less often.
34.5 percent of you think kids will still want fast food, whether they see it on commercials or not.
8.7 percent of you voted for other. Many comments focused on the fact that it shouldn't matter whether kids see commercials or not -- parents should determine the types of food that their family is eating. Kids shouldn't be the ones who dictate what they eat.

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Andrew R 11-25-2008 @ 3:03PM

I'm gonna go with the 8.7% of folks on this one!! This should be a no-brainer.... parent's - it's your responsibility to feed your kids good, real, whole foods, not McDonalds!!

There's a little thing called freedom of speech that I tend to agree with and limiting it, as the past has shown us, is a slippery slope leading to a non-American way of life. McDonald's should be allowed to market the heck out of their product, after all, it is their right as an American company. But we just don't have to buy into it. Wouldn't that be great anyways?? Once they found out how much money they wasted on useless ads, they would stop themselves... that is, if we didn't respond to their advertisements.

Thanks for the post!

All the Best,

Andrew R

Vishaal 11-27-2008 @ 6:27AM

I think it should be banned because while watching TV, I don't think of food, however, once I see food commercials, I'm like "Geeee, that looks goood, lemme go grab some fooood." lol