Monday, May 2, 2011

Do Georgia's Child Obesity Ads Go Too Far?


I can understand the outrage many would feel of the overweight children depicted on the billboards but lets face facts people, as stated in the article and by the AMA 1 in 3 American children are overweight or obese. This should be more offensive than the visual depiction of that fact. Look around, how many kids do you see physically active, running, jumping, and playing? How many more do you see shoveling snacks and fatty foods in their pie holes? How many parents tell their obese children that its okay to be fat? Lets get real America if your child is overweight from poor eating habits, lack of exercise and general parental laziness don't get mad when a billboard says so.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

No comments:

Post a Comment