Coca-Cola spends $1.6 billion on advertising, in ONE YEAR. If I gave you $1,000-A-DAY, seven days a week, how long would it take you to collect that ONE billion dollars?
- Answer: (2,737 years, 10 months, 7 days)
- This means that if the payments begin on January 1, of year #1-- it would be November 7, 2738 before the $1 billion would be in your bank account!
According to Susan Linn from Harvard: “Everyone gains from junk food marketing. The industry gains profits and the children gain weight. And….Marketing executives blame parents -- while defending their right to undermine parental authority, to sell kids candy/soda”.
And how do Fast Food/Junk Food producers respond? Very simple: They blame YOU…..and YOUR…..LACK OF EXERCISE. That’s right….you are gaining weight because you are NOT exercising. They refuse to acknowledge their own role in contributing to poor health in this country.
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So they blame YOU. It’s all YOUR FAULT! Remember: four major diseases in this country are: 1. Heart Disease; 2. Cancer; 3. Type II Diabetes; 4. Osteoporosis.
ALL ARE NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES…THEY ARE DISEASES OF LIFESTYLE. And a big part of that lifestyle is how the POPULAR CULTURE “sells us” …what to EAT!!!!
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By the age of 18….students have viewed 350,000 commercials. And among the top 10 advertisers are: soda, beer, fast food, cars, and cigarettes. So, what is the message?
That’s why we can say we live in an Anti-Wellness Society!!
SOURCES: Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser; Snap, Crackle, and Popular Taste (the Illusion of Free Choice in America), by Jeffrey Schrank; Sugar Blues, by William Dufty; Food Politics, by Marion Nestle; Our Overweight Children: by Sharron Dalton
Eat Well…Shop Wisely....Stay Healthy! Shop at the South Windsor Farmers Market 2013--Winter Season/10am to 1pm, AT: St. Margaret Mary Church Hall, 80 Hayes Rd.
EVERY Saturday Thru Dec 21. /Find us on Facebook: South Windsor Farmers Market/ Webpage: swfood.org
* The South Windsor FOOD Alliance: Sub-Committee of the SW Park & Recreation Commission
