Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years. Food companies spend $10 billion a year marketing in the United States, and 98% of that is on foods high in fat, sugar, or sodium.
Journal of Pediatrics, November 2012
You will need to decide for yourself if there is any correlation there or not. My belief is yes. And as such, it may be wise to help monitor your child's exposure to these marketing efforts. Likewise, make sure you are making healthy choices for you and your family.
t's a sad combination between the marketing of unhealthy foods and a basic ignorance and/or apathy that the "cheap" stuff is actually more expensive in the long run that is causing so much of our sickness in our society...from depression to heart disease, ADHD, autism, cancer, etc...no one "cause"...many factors...and food is a MAJOR one. But it's hard for a family of four to realize that spending $4 on some organic fruit to snack on will save them their health...AND $$$... over spending $4 on some processed family size box of mac and cheese or other such unhealthy (non) food. as a holistic nutrition counselor and educator, i sometimes just take clients on a supermarket tour, helpING bring to light common misperceptions. "whole grain" or "organic" or "vegan" or "gluten free" even are not necessarily synonymous w/ "healthy"...it's time we fine tune our lifestyles..and it begins w/ AWARENESS:knowledge is POWER!