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Silly Rabbit, Trix Aren't for Kids!
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Jun 15, 2007
Silly Rabbit, Trix Aren't for Kids!
Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, and Count Chocula are all familiar cartoon characters regularly used to sell cereal to kids. These cereals and other foods marketed to children are full of sugar and other ingredients parents want their kids to avoid. In response to a threatened lawsuit from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Kellogg has announced that it will pull children-oriented advertising for some cereals and reformulate others. Kraft, General Mills, Disney and McDonalds have also developed new guidelines and restrictions on food advertising aimed at children. Larry discusses the issue with Susan Linn of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Lenn Marquart, professor of food science at the University of Minnesota.

Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, and Count Chocula are all familiar cartoon characters regularly used to sell cereal to kids. These cereals and other foods marketed to children are full of sugar and other ingredients parents want their kids to avoid. In response to a threatened lawsuit from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Kellogg has announced that it will pull children-oriented advertising for some cereals and reformulate others. Kraft, General Mills, Disney and McDonalds have also developed new guidelines and restrictions on food advertising aimed at children. Larry discusses the issue with Susan Linn of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Lenn Marquart, professor of food science at the University of Minnesota.

Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, and Count Chocula are all familiar cartoon characters regularly used to sell cereal to kids. These cereals and other foods marketed to children are full of sugar and other ingredients parents want their kids to avoid. In response to a threatened lawsuit from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Kellogg has announced that it will pull children-oriented advertising for some cereals and reformulate others. Kraft, General Mills, Disney and McDonalds have also developed new guidelines and restrictions on food advertising aimed at children. Larry discusses the issue with Susan Linn of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Lenn Marquart, professor of food science at the University of Minnesota.

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