How the Food Industry Targets Children

Our children are being bombarded by powerful marketing messages from the food industry promoting unhealthy processed food-like substances. In fact, the food industry spends billions of dollars on marketing junk food to our kids every year. The average child in the United States sees over 6,000 ads for junk food and soda on TV and even more through social media. And poor and minority children are targeted more aggressively.
In this mini-episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. Hyman speaks with researcher and family physician in the Bronx, Dr. Sean Lucan, and investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael Moss, about Big Food’s addictive mission to hook the most vulnerable consumers - our children - and keep them coming back for more.
You can find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Sean Lucan at
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You can find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Michael Moss at
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Dr. Hyman is an 11-time New York Times bestselling author, family physician and international leader in the field of Functional Medicine. His podcast, The Doctor's Farmacy, is a place for deep conversations about the critical issues of our time in the space of health, wellness, food and politics. New episodes are released every Wednesday here on KZbin, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
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[@MarkVA71]

I was a kid in the 70s and every Saturday morning I'd watch cartoons... Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, etc. and most of the commercials were for human kibble (aka sugary cereal) and they'd end each commercial with "this is part of your nutritious breakfast". Brainwashing the children to control the future...

[@jackkennard4539]

Maybe the Government could make teaching children (pre school through high school) about food and cooking like they do in Japan.

[@KyndalTheMeister]

It’s “influencers” as well, so gross

[@DrAdnan]

It’s sad, really.

[@aidamohdhanif6056]

Excellent and interesting topic, I love it! 10stars... 👍👍👍

[@williamhoeweler2343]

They target all of us today