Junk food ads banned during childrens TV *Has The world gone mad!!*

 Written by: TheBovrilMonkey

 Written by: Sym


some interesting information here.

Those are just urban myths though, not actual information about what's in McDonalds food.

I'm quite surprised that no-one who has access to the proper equipment has just gone and bought a few burgers and tested them in their spare time - if I had the right kit I know that I'd be very curious to see what's inside them.

Yes, I know that, because the title of the page is "McDonald's urban legends" and on the page it talks about how they are either not true or unlikely.

 Written by: Sym


Yes, I know that, because the title of the page is "McDonald's urban legends" and on the page it talks about how they are either not true or unlikely.

Ah, I wasn't quite sure you noticed, since you linked to it as 'information', rather than 'completely fabricated urban legends'

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I'd be interested in where you heard this and finding out more. Have you got any sources please? (or should that be sauces?)

so maybe I should have said "here is a page the debunks some myths" - I did read it before I posted it, you know?

 Written by: faithinfire


..and yes junk food tastes heavenly by the way

Really?
I tried a Maccas once but had to spit it out after the first bite, it was sugary soggy moosh. Nothing like a real hamburger at all! I love burgers, with real meat, salad, beetroot, crispy roll, fried onions, all the good stuff. And they still sell them at lots of places. You might pay a few dollars extra but there is simply no comparison. (I am in Oz, not USA, by the way, and we do have a lot more real food easily available)

As far as my kids were concerned, Maccas just didn't exist. It never would have occurred to me to go into one myself, certainly not to take them. The best luck was that when someone gave my daughter something from there when she was 2, she promptly threw up. Never touched it again. If any of her school friends had a *party* there she just thought it was sad and didn't bother going.
She's a pretty fussy eater all round really: likes good chocolate And green beans cooked no longer than 2 minutes yum yum.
Advertising bans? It can only help. But better to just not have commercial telly for kids at all. They can watch the occasional thing if you think it's really good for them. But why rot their brains on it in the first place? Most of it's the mental equivalent of Maccas, from the same cultural basis, even if it's outsourced to Korea or wherever those squeaky cartoons come from.

 Written by: Sym


Not true. A lot of the time it's about power. Often they are used to show power - papers and TV stations get a lot of money from adverts and being able to buy a full page spread and only put 1 word on it gives a clear message that they want the papers to cooperate, or that they just don't care to much and they could withdraw at any time.

I've heard of that used quite a lot.

 Written by: GothFrogette


advertising can work yes but is getting rid of it once the damge has already been done going to make a difference?

Advertising DOES work, and it usually works on a dip, drip, drip method or why else would companies like McDonalds spend over $600 million (US Dollars) on it per annum? Repetative in your face ads is what sells products.

I welcome the ban on junk food adverts during kids TV. I don't really understand people complaining about the Nanny State when talking about this topic. There are loads of advertising restrictions in place already that are used to limit the things that can be promoted during childrens programming. Would you want those all removed as well to get rid of this nanny state? Would you be happy to see sex phone lines advertised in the breaks between "Pocoyo" and "My Parents are Aliens"?

The restrictions of these ads won't be anywhere near the whole solution to obesity in this country. Of course parents/gardians are the people that should make sure children have a healthy balanced diet, but surely any measure, like this one, that will help stop the constant drip, drip, drip of making children believe that this junk is what they want/need to eat has got to be good.

Children change very quickly and swing from fad to fad... as seen with the "in" Christmas toy every year. Remove some of the ads that make them want the product in the first place and they will soon move onto the next big thing. If the junk food ads get replaced with more healthy food ads then maybe the children will move on to wanting the more healthy stuff. The companies will then start to change what they make as demand for products change... well, heres hoping