More recently, advertisers have been targeting children more and more, and this is having a very negative effect on America and other country's youth.This is because people advertising junk food/fast food are a main part of the problem, but the people behind the making of the food have designed it so it messes with kids biology, making the food addictive to many. Advertisers are also learning ways to get kids hooked to these foods by making mascots cartoon characters, like Ronald Mcdonald and Tony the Tiger.
You see, advertisers are spending a ton of money, over 2 BILLION dollars a year, just to make children pretty much get overweight. As I said earlier, cartoon character mascots are bad
Because young children, like 8 or younger, cannot tell the difference between truth and advertising, they love the cartoons characters and want to go to their restaurants. This is of course bad because kids will want to keep eating their food, which then makes them get overweight, get illnesses and possibly diabetes. And as i said earlier, the producers make the food to mess with the kids biology by putting lots of fat and sugar in their food, since these two are hard to get naturally, your brain and body wants as much as it can get. Advertisers have also found ways for …show more content…
And from the video and article, scientists say for the first time that kids have a lower life expectancy than their parents because of junk food. This is a major concern with doctors and parents, and this is of course a huge problem. Many people want advertisers to stop targeting children just for money, since this a problem for America and other countries youth, parents and doctors are trying their best for their kids to eat healthy and ban junk food advertising on TV and in other places, like
You see, advertisers are spending a ton of money, over 2 BILLION dollars a year, just to make children pretty much get overweight. As I said earlier, cartoon character mascots are bad
Because young children, like 8 or younger, cannot tell the difference between truth and advertising, they love the cartoons characters and want to go to their restaurants. This is of course bad because kids will want to keep eating their food, which then makes them get overweight, get illnesses and possibly diabetes. And as i said earlier, the producers make the food to mess with the kids biology by putting lots of fat and sugar in their food, since these two are hard to get naturally, your brain and body wants as much as it can get. Advertisers have also found ways for …show more content…
And from the video and article, scientists say for the first time that kids have a lower life expectancy than their parents because of junk food. This is a major concern with doctors and parents, and this is of course a huge problem. Many people want advertisers to stop targeting children just for money, since this a problem for America and other countries youth, parents and doctors are trying their best for their kids to eat healthy and ban junk food advertising on TV and in other places, like