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Bad Ads Key to Scads of Kid Dangers
CHICAGO – Inappropriate advertising contributes to many kids’ ills, from obesity and anorexia to drinking booze and having sex to soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
TV ads for high-calorie snacks shown during children’s programs and ads for erectile-dysfunction drugs shown during sports were cited as problems.
The statement also is critical of alcohol ads that feature cartoonish animal characters, fast-food ads on educational TV shown in schools, and magazine ads with stick-thin models.
The ads influence kids to demand unhealthy food, think drinking is cool, sex is a recreational activity and anorexia is fashionable, the academy says.
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