The Next Generation of Junk Food Kids

[@KianaDocherty]

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[@UncleJoeLITE]

Done & shared Ms D.🎉

[@ryuno2097]

Maybe you should put something like "Kiana News" in the title so people know this is the news reporting video.

[@AmethystTheEspeon]

@@ryuno2097 or KD News! ☺️

[@CampingforCool41]

I’m so tired of kids being used as cash cows for companies to sell them trash because kids don’t know better/have self control over what they are biologically wired to desire. Not just junk food, but also toys and games that try to get them addicted like a gambler. Parents should know better too but it’s EVERYWHERE. Advertising and feedback loops designed to stimulate addiction.

[@kimberleyvdw4]

And sometimes you dont even realise how bad something is because they promote it as "healthy" but its actually just got a shit ton of sugar...

[@steadystackin7250]

True but usually the parents aren't any better

[@naykmonkey]

Its called the nag factor. Advertise to kids which makes them nag the parents till the parents give in and buy whatever they are nagged for. Companies have know for years how powerful that is. 80s cartoons were essentially made so they could then sell toys. Those caroons were essentially 30min adverts. Its nothing new, its been around for decades

[@CampingforCool41]

@@naykmonkey I know it’s not new, it’s just gotten worse because it’s even more pervasive than it was before.

[@pozzyvibes6997]

Tbf sometimes its not even entirely the parents fault. Parents often give in to children repeatedly asking for things because they don't want to be left out or ostracized for not having the same stuff as all the other kids.

[@TheGahta]

"i felt so bad seeing helpless children exploited... by someone else!" 😂

[@shresthaojashwi2758]

Right on the nail

[@katd7716]

You know how we think of hygienic and medical standards from 100 years ago and we think they were so primitive? I think people in next generations will look at our lack of laws and regulations online and think the same.

[@DomFortress]

You mean like how ultra processed food products compared to traditional whole foods, which includes fermented cultural foods that served as natural probiotic to optimize our gut microbiome diversity? You don't say.[/sarcasm].

[@leilaniz5909]

It's not "primitive", it strictly caters to predators in a very complex way. I mean if you think it's by accident we have a lack of laws that protect kids about this, um...it's not.

[@RTU130]

Right

[@Window4503]

But we know now. That’s the problem. It isn’t that we’re primitive, it’s that the people in charge don’t care it’s hurting us.

[@cheese7119]

That's so true, I'm still waiting for the internet to be taken seriously by the government. It is not just a website anymore it's literally part of our lives

[@logixshot9305]

Junk food advertising to children is so unethical. Can't believe there is no restrictions, just disgusting

[@tardistrailers]

It will be banned online and on TV before 9PM in the UK next year.

[@vivieneckert1627]

The loophole she mentioned is so ridiculous. As if ANYONE would see a Mc Donald’s ad and be like “yes this is clearly only about toys“. Who makes these deductions? Someone who does not know what a Mc Donald’s is? Especially since you can only get the toy trough buying the food. As if any parent will buy a happy meal and take their child the food away so they only get the toy.

[@LuluTheCorgi]

Advertising is so unethical (especially in public spaces) I should never have to watch corporate propaganda everywhere when I go outside

[@dabb8145]

Here in Chile we banned all mascots, toys and promotion aimed to kids that promote junk food. Mexico did the same later and I think that Colombia is gonna be next

[@KianaDocherty]

Lunchly Video coming soon! (It happened RIGHT as I was getting ready to post this one lol😒😒)

[@tultiden2040]

Hype, at least we get another video from all this food industry shenanigans.

[@Boomkinguyman]

I love your videos! They have really helped me.

[@TheTundraTerror]

It's amazing how these... "people"... could market anything to children and they only care about pushing overpriced slop to children.

[@vassiliavandersleyen3684]

Getting hyped up for your lunchly observations. 😊

[@babiegirl526]

as soon as i saw lunchly i came to your channel omg

[@zzgg885]

As soon as I heard what MrBeast, KSI and Logan Paul did, I instantly knew you HAD to talk about it

[@KianaDocherty]

This one isn't about that unfortunately😒 - but yes you're so right. I physically feel like i must make a video about it immediately LOL

[@overthecounterbeanie]

It takes a village, but the village doesn't pass the vibe check.

[@Iamliterallythatgirl]

Reality most men love to exploit children they don’t have empathy just want money and to grape children 😂

[@frances_2109]

i’m actually so glad that the uk has new restrictions so that junk food ads can’t be shown on children’s television and can’t be shown on any channel before 9pm

[@BestSharkis]

Not making much of a difference though since our child obesity rates are still going up. The parents are already addicted, so they're gonna take their kids to McDonalds anyway.

[@arikalamari19]

yup same here in germany and as an adult you don‘t even see them hardly, since i don‘t use ipads or social media, but children worldwide do and they get bigger

[@frances_2109]

@@BestSharkisit will still make some impact as it will be off-peak time so less people will be watching and trying to lower obesity levels has to start somewhere

[@suzz1776]

That doesn't even matter now days. Social media is bigger than tv with kids. Ban all ya want on TV, it doesn't matter when all the kids r watching yt videos and ticktock.

[@narrgamedesigner2747]

​@@BestSharkisyeah cause most kids are on social media accounts. So it's kind of pointless only targeting TV.

[@LuigiLonLon]

There is a law in Mexico that prohibited the use of mascots in junk food and candies, since they're aimed at mostly childre, i can honetly get behind a law like that. it ain't uch but its honestly a step forward, id unno if its applied in other countries

[@PS2_Best_Era]

Just ban the production of such "foods". But unfortunately, capitalism is not concerned with the well being of the people it looks over, it only cares to profit off of their suffering.

[@ninoninononinoni8795]

that's stupid censorship considering kids will want candy anyways and that in mexico is normal to give coke to toddlers from a feeding bottle lol

[@sweariefaerie9621]

​@@ninoninononinoni8795 I'm sure you have proof of that claim, and not just spouting racist bullshit...

[@marioruiz1530]

@@sweariefaerie9621naw dude, Mexican speaking here and i can tell you it’s most certainly true, just like with many other things: it’s more of an issue of culture and education rather than corporations just being predatory, taking away the mascots and putting “high fat” “high sugar” “high sodium” and “high calories” stickers on “problematic food products” was about as effective as those gruesome pictures printed on cigarette boxes.

[@marioruiz1530]

@@sweariefaerie9621also I think there’s a fair share of government corruption involved, like in certain places getting coke is just easier than getting water. The whole country is addicted to the thing all the same though.

[@SinTeller]

Processed food is a drug introduced to us at childhood. And the sad part is, depending on your family, you won’t even realize it until you’re a fully addicted adult. I’ve managed to cut down, but until I can replace everything with a homemade (and simple) recipe, the cravings are still there. Definitely improved when I went to Japan though. I immediately noticed that I couldn’t stand the taste of most junk food after eating simple conbini snacks. Most poptarts, hersheys, rice krispies, hostess, they all taste like plastic/chemicals. I liked that they were cheap, but now they’re not even worth a low price.

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

Why not learn how to cook? And eat raw veggies as a Snack.

[@SinTeller]

@@CordeliaWagner1999 I am learning how to cook, but I don’t live alone, so anything we cook will be gone the next day. Plus I don’t like raw veggies and forcing myself to eat them like that does the opposite of helping my cravings. It’s a lot easier for me to see where I like certain vegetables. For example, I hate onions 95% of the time, but if I eat something where the onion is barely noticeable or it actually tastes good, I learn what things I can combine to eat them. I eat fruit raw though.

[@jessica5470]

​@CordeliaWagner1999 easier said than done, when youre already weak to food all it takes is a failed dish to make you feel like you will never be able to change

[@LaurenForster]

Just eat fresh meat

[@EmyN]

Right? When I cut down on processed foods when I eat them now they are kinda tasteless? Still addicting though

[@AmethystTheEspeon]

I tried a Feastable bar out of morbid curiosity. It was nasty! And I'm a lover of chocolate. And as someone who grew up in the 90s/early 2000s, the advertisements for junk food and sugar cereals were so in your face. You'd see at least 3 or 4 of them during one commercial break in between your Saturday morning cartoons. They would even make junk more appealing by putting your favorite characters on the packaging. Remember the Nicktoons shaped Cheese Nips from, like, 1999? I do...

[@koalamanda8299]

I wouldn't have bought a Feastable myself, since I just tend to distrust big names these days due to scandal after scandal and personal experience with idolising YTers, but my boyfriend bought one to meme on me and we both made faces when we tried it 🤣

[@tammystiletto]

That’s so gross and good to know.

[@paradoxzee6834]

I tried one also because I wanted to know if it is worth the pice, 3€ for only 60g, that is quite expesive It is one of the worst chocolate I ever tried, nothing about it scream quality

[@RTU130]

Right

[@AmethystTheEspeon]

@paradoxzee6834 it tasted like cardboard in my honest opinion.

[@jameswilson1972]

MrBeast Is just another example where greed drives them to not care that what they're doing is causing real harm. It's a tale that has been repeated millions of times and shows no signs of ever slowing. Greed runs the world.

[@Cookiekeks]

It's not just greed. He's acting in his rational self interest under Capitalism. The system is to blame, not just the individual, because it is what produces these outcomes. MrBeast isn't the first and won't be the last profit-driven careless millionaire, because we have set up our economic system to reward exactly these kinds of people.

[@meidson12]

You pointing out that "child labor" was a little too much is the reason I watch your videos. Always nuanced.

[@monicalenack1485]

This topic is so relevant and important. More about the food environment AND social media. We have to watch out for children. Thank you for continuing the conversation. Also, your background is looking beautiful!

[@thatfuzzypotato1877]

There's also a massive peer pressure element too. I send my daughter to school with healthy snacks and she sometimes gets junk as a treat. But she always complains "but all the other kids alwaus have [list of junk food]" trying to explain it without shaming those other kids is really hard and I worry it might eventually become a source of bullying.

[@onepersononthisearth]

thank you for taking about this! I don't see this mentioned enough, it's so evil that corporations are taking advantage of kids who are unsuspecting

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

The parents are supposed to protect them...

[@maddie8415]

I truly do think it's wrong to advertise junk food to kids, but I also see it as the parent's responsibility to be making that choice for the kids and educate them on why. It's the parent who has the money, after all. I remember tons of "kid" junk food commercials in the '80s and '90s and my parents wouldn't buy most of it, they would say it's too sugary, not nutritious, and too expensive. It seemed kind of like a bummer at the time, but it did send the message not to be overly influenced by ads. It's actually an important lesson to learn early on with how often we are inundated with ads trying to convince us to buy things that are objectively not good for us.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Most of the time it was just too expensive.

[@divitiae]

I genuinely don't understand how it is so hard for some parents to just say no. My co-worker constantly tells me about how her kids keep hearing about all this garbage food and in turn she has to buy it for them. It's like, no you don't? The kids are super active at least, but why are you, a full grown adult, caving in and driving across the region to buy the latest fad food trend?

[@jessica5470]

​@@divitiaeI barely even asked as a kid, my parents just couldn't be assed and it was easier to feed me shite, they ate proper food while feeding me nd my siblings ultra processed foods

[@Window4503]

@@divitiaeA few potential reasons: 1. The parents remembers being told no a lot and feels like their parents restricted them too much so now they overcompensate. 2. Kids can be annoying especially when they’re trying to be and an impatient parent will be more likely to give in. 3. The parent secretly wants an excuse to also eat the food. 4. The parent is afraid of their kid being bullied for not being up on the latest trends, which to be fair does happen. Kids are ruthless about what their peers have for lunch.

[@divitiae]

@@Window4503 For this person, I think she's just wanting to indulge the kids. My issue is more that she complains about having to do it when in reality she absolutely doesn't need to. She's an extremely involved mother and smothers the kids, and is smart enough to know it's complete garbage the kids would be fine without. They are very sweet and mild mannered kids, the odds of them having a complete temper tantrum doesn't seem likely to me. She just doesn't want to say no to them.

[@LunaHiddenStars]

It's scary with how predatory these companies are

[@scarecrowsurprise]

I find the argument of; my product is *healthier* than product X," that doesn't mean it's healthy. A boa constrictor is less dangerous than a saltwater crocodile, it doesn't mean I would go and jump in a boa constrictor's enclosure. Give your kids a banana and a homemade sandwich or wrap instead. Be, shock horror, a good parent.

[@ms.donaldson2533]

You know who does NOT have money = kids! You know who DOES have money = their parents! The one power that a GOOD parent still has in the world = the right to say NO! AND actually stand firm in the commitment to NEVER buy it. You know who fought AGAINST people getting BRANDED = their elders!

[@arikalamari19]

parents who get children ipads and iphones will also get them junk food

[@Window4503]

@@arikalamari19Not necessarily. It’s a Venn diagram. Parents can be inconsistent in their principles like most people, caring about one thing but not seeing how it translates elsewhere.

[@AmethystTheEspeon]

@ms.donaldson2533 I agree. I'll give you a prime example of what you're talking about: my dad's fiancee has two daughters. One is nine and the other is twelve. There was a time I visited them and their mother was complaining about the nine year old getting a pudge in her belly. However, any time I went over there, you see bulk boxes of variety chips and snack crackers and other junk. How does she expect her kids to eat healthy if all she gives them is junk? The mother is so delusional and disconnected that she doesn't realize she's the problem.

[@semperfi6801]

Big tobacco and post-WWI chemical companies have been preying on the population for decades now. The majority of food companies today are now owned by what was once all of your big tobacco companies. When they lost the battle to cigarettes and smoking they then turned to buying up the food industry and getting in bed with big pharma. A healthy population never drives profits and therefore, the food and beverage, junk food, chemical and big pharma companies need to start with the youngest possible generation to keep illness and disease issues ongoing in order to keep profits rolling in by the trillions. Look into the chemical industries and how they evolved from post WWI and WWII war chemicals. Look into how big tobacco now owns the US food manufacturers. Then delve into sugars and their contributions to cancers and so many more topics used to keep the population sick.

[@angienicolehernandez104]

I love the depiction of junk food companies as absolute creeps. It just gets the point across so clearly.

[@TheTundraTerror]

While I'll always maintain that the buck stops with the parents, I can't say that it's easy for parents in the current day and age.

[@strix_aliana]

& as people begin turning away from their products, instead of LISTENING to their customers, they become more aggressive and predatory. Even when they pretend to be listening by changing some of the ingredients, the changes are minimal.

[@copperhoe]

Yesterday I walked past some outdoor play event for kids, and there were signs plastered everywhere informing parents that they were not allowed to bring any candy or junkfoods. Would love to see this more often, tbh. Great video as always, Kiana 🧡

[@mafata4200]

This man is subscribed by an amount of people that's approximately 80% of the US population, man could have done something incredibly powerful to promote better nutrition but did this instead to sell his chocolates and prime drinks that no one wants to buy

[@pensive7676]

exactly what i thought, he’s kidding himself if he thinks that a chocolate bar was the only way to promote better nutrition- his child audience likely would have been just as influenced if he found another way to promote healthy eating, instead he’s getting kids hooked on junk food for profit (arguably even more so than they would have been without his chocolate bars)

[@jessica5470]

She said apple slices and that gave me an idea, if you want choc but with something healthy cover fruit with chocolate

[@noleth]

>no one wants to buy Unfortunately false, minors drink Prime up because of their favorite influencer being attached to it.

[@LinkingYellow]

When I was a child, there was still two-way interactions like what you describe. I remember cereal boxes coming with CDs with little games used to market the cereal. I remember sugary yogurts having codes you had to enter online for potential prizes, or sometimes just revealing whether you got the prize after you've eaten enough of the food. Social media is just a new medium, but they've been doing that for a while

[@tamicoil7069]

What about parental responsibility? 3 year olds aren't buying this stuff. Parents need to say no, and only have it as an occasional treat.

[@Onitnas_x]

That's why we need a new system. Even people who know it's bad for them buy it. If there's no shit to buy people won't buy it...

[@lyudmilasemenova8444]

Exactly what im saying 😀❤️🥰😃I know its hard when kids see stuff trying to ask their parents over and over until they get what they want but parents should learn how to distract their kids from junk food marketing and take their kids offline whenever they can. I hate that there still will be families like my husband who just dont think about what they eat most of it is fast food or frozen food because they work so much but that is where health conscious people like me come in to teach them that food can change your health and energy levels if you eat healthy food. I love your videos kiana.

[@reizak8966]

Perfect timing! I needed something to watch while folding laundry!

[@RALF0691]

I was a kid during the late 90's and very early 2000's. I remember i watched Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon all the time. The junk food commercials were everywhere.

[@juliajs1752]

If you want to get a hint of how deep the Mr Beast abyss is, there are a few very good channels on YT that have covered the various accusations against him - rigging child-targeting lottery games is the tamest of it. That this guy is actually going public with something, anything, right now instead of hiding behind his lawyers, and there's no outcry, is atrocious.

[@Destinyirus278]

When I was like 13 years old I was diagnosed with a GI disease that caused chronic pain & v*miting & unable to hold food down without getting sick. Called “gastroparesis” eventually it got so bad that drs had to put me on an NJ tube because I wasn’t able to eat anything by mouth. Even tho I was being feed by this tube & having nutrients put into this tube everyday they explained that I’d still get hungry because the body isn’t used to not eating by mouth & they were right I would have soo many cravings & I never realized how much “food” was revolved around everyday life & everyday activities. But TV was the WORST. I was craving food nonstop & every single commercial were ads for hamburgers, fast food & other chocolates, junk food legit every single food & I remember it got to a point I didn’t even wanna watch tv because I was unable to eat & I was craving food & then constantly seeing these commercials nonstop & one day I decided to start counting the ads & like 99% of all the commercials were something about food & that was such a weird thing to realize like wow there’s so many fast food commercials & food ads. Eventually my illness got worse & I was still sick even without eating anything by mouth & ended up with a surgical tube as well as other treatments & medications that were able to help me get better enough where I can eat normally for the most part now (still having this lifelong disease but doing better at managing it) But it was kinda insane to realize how many food ads there are

[@abigailloar956]

Dang that sucks

[@jayceecurran]

Years ago - Parents: Children don’t talk to strangers because that’s dangerous Food companies: Children send in a letter in the mail for a chance to win a prize Today - Parents: Children don’t talk to strangers because that’s dangerous Food companies: Children send me a picture for a chance to win a prize Why are we still allowing children to communicate with strangers This is escalating

[@Linda-jl5lx]

The global food system/supply chain is messed up in general, unfortunately.

[@flameguy3416]

Seems like every evil entity targets children........... 🤫

[@500ccRabbit]

Because they're impressionable

[@JL_Lux]

They target you too! You think not being able to afford a home is normal? Like be serious

[@SinTeller]

The younger you get them hooked, the harder it will be for them to realize something’s wrong

[@stvjful]

I’m pretty sure I just heard that the UK are planning to ban junk food advertising before 9pm. A really interesting idea

[@AnymMusic]

Mr Beast secretly a guy who's solely focussed on money?? who could have gueeeessed

[@kendramarkworth6855]

It's up to us parents to inform our kids on this stuff, not just attack the food companies. Like you said, they aren't going to change. We have to. Just like alcohol, vaping, etc. They want customers for life. Kids don't have jobs or cars, they don't make the food choices or go grocery shopping. Kids don't know about how food affects our bodies or the long term health consequences. We have to teach them. Thank you for your research. Another great video!

[@usamanur-f9i]

Welcome back Kiana. Nikocado lost all the weight

[@KianaDocherty]

hahaha so i've seen!!

[@blueberryrazz8637]

Only to start the troll all over again by putting it all back on.

[@raa9098]

Only to overeat again

[@TheTundraTerror]

@@raa9098 There are plenty of competitive eaters on KZbin like Matt Stonie, Katina Eats Kilos, and Beard Meats Food who are able to eat massive amounts of food without being obese. If you don't think Nick doesn't know what he's doing, you probably also think SunnyV2's video on him dropping only days within his return was just a total coincidence.

[@DomFortress]

He's always been sarcopenic, now it's just pre-recorded skinny fat compared to sarcopenic obesity. He'll crash due to poor basal metabolic rate, then he'll lied about how it's some sorta time warp. Still nothing new under the sun, and nothing of value was lost.

[@peter5.056]

It should be illegal to market directly to children.

[@aadpiraat7126]

Food sure Toys maybe not

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

No toy adverts too. Children don't need to be advertised to.

[@palemeadows]

@@CordeliaWagner1999toys are FOR kids and are safe

[@jessica5470]

​@@palemeadowsthat doesn't make it any less immoral to do, and there's plenty of examples of unsafe toys too

[@tiamystic]

Except books IG. You actually learn lessons and build empathy and imagination

[@BestSharkis]

I was thinking about this when I went down a cosmetics isle in my local supermarket. The amount of cosmetics targeting little girls was appalling. Tiny little fake nails, tiny pink eyelash curlers and makeup in bright kids packaging. I thought we were supposed to be teaching little girls to have confidence in themselves and their bodies, not grooming them into a lifetime of insecurity. But happy, confident people aren't forever customers I guess.

[@celeste2025]

In México, food with excess sugar and sodium cannot be catered to kids. Many fun cartoon mascots have disappeared from the candy aisle. I didn't even know this till I went back about a year ago and realized nothing looked as I remembered it

[@jjuIiana]

mr beast saying that “junk food is damaging to society and feeling the obesity epidemic” and “I brought new people the isle” is so funny to me. like thats so hypocritical especially since he’s saying that he wants to help people combat obesity

[@tinamatila6229]

McDonald’s was so much a part of my childhood. Ronald, Grimace, The Hamburglar. But it was always a treat. Something we had very occasionally.

[@LauraWalton]

Something I'm surprised you didn't mention is the Cornell University study which found that a lot of 'kiddie' cereals which have mascots on the boxes actually have the eyes of the mascots pointing down, which allows the mascots to 'make eye contact' with children, thereby possibly selling more by way of pester power. Something really interesting to look into! The study is titled 'Eyes in the Aisles: Why is Cap’n Crunch Looking Down at My Child?'

[@laracairncross7798]

knew this was coming as soon as I saw the Lunchly announcement 😭😭 THANKS KIANA

[@AuroraPaintBrush4444]

Can someone tell me why children under 12, especially kids under 6 are left unattended on the Internet/social media? Has everyone forgotten all the "how many random clicks on KZbin from KID content, will get to 🌽?" It was usually under 20 clicks. The algorithm is 🌽 leaning...

[@SiimKoger]

Drinking game: every time someone defends Mr Beast in the comments take a sip of water. Stay hydrated

[@franzi2.0]

Lol

[@AceTurbo59]

I started watching your videos when I was undergoing a healthy shift after some concerning news about my health. You are SO GOOD at what you do and I appreciate you! I’ve slipped back into some of the worst habits, and I feel like I should be ashamed for even watching your videos, but I’m going to revisit your old videos.

[@HiMyNameIsKim]

I’m so glad you looked up the Feastiblies stuff. I did buy it early on because it was healthier. I stopped buying when they switch the recipe. I really wish he had just sold the old bar under a different name.

[@JoJo-ie8sl]

Mr Beast using slave labor produced chocolate ensured I would never buy it ever

[@petitsacados]

So is Hersheys. Not saying that makes it OK. It doesn't. But very, very few chocolate brands claim to use fair trade and not slave labor. And notice I said "claim." I hope that brands who claim it really pay their workers a survive-able wage.

[@JoJo-ie8sl]

@@petitsacados all the more reason not eat chocolate imo. i dont personally but anyone who does, please try to research where youre speding your money

[@petitsacados]

@@JoJo-ie8sl I mostly agree. Chocolate is bad for you anyway. But realistically, most ppl are not going to give it up entirely. There are thousands of other products that use slave labor, including imported fruits like bananas and nearly all clothing. We can't boycott them all. The long-term solution is to raise awareness and get people to care. If ppl cared, these companies would face backlash and maybe laws would change.

[@lolanola1783]

@@petitsacados when did they say no one can eat chocoalte ;_; they just said that people need to research where their food/products come from. It's called being self-educated and being able to make that chose to support or not support. To get people to care is def the goal, but by going "Eh people are gonna do it anyway" it's almost like waving off the person trying to raise concern.

[@b01scout96]

Thanks for making a video about this. ❤ The Mr. Beast ad campaign is INSANE.

[@Seannn1]

It's genuinely mental how different the ads are here in the UK, should do a short or something comparing a UK Mcdonalds ad to a US/Canada Mcdonalds ad, there's literally 0% child targeting in our mcdonalds ads

[@ya-pizza-wachu-want]

...jack daniels has a more ethical advertising department and they sell literal poison.

[@ziljin]

Logan Paul and now Mr Beast both figures mired in controversy. Only natural that they team up.

[@teslaoui7970]

Gosh now i CLEARLY understand why BIG JUNK DO WHAT THEY DO..intentionally aggressive marketing for the intentionally addictive food-like products towards the most VUNLERABLE population CHILDREN and TEENS..thank you Kiana..the way you deliver and put the info. together is spot on, precise and easily digestable and guides us to break from bad habit black hole with much ease..thank yu 💌😘❤

[@Hwarming]

I miss it when youtube was about posting fun videos for entertainment instead of marketing to kids and brainwashing them to buy crap. Another thing I see Jim Beast doing that I don't see a lot of people talking about is basically teaching kids to worship wealth and money, that's a trend that's happening a lot in social media and he's not the only one doing it

[@epowell4211]

I wasn't familiar with Mr. Beast, but kept seeing these bars prominently displayed at Walmart, and wondered what they were all about. The candy aisle is close to the pharmacy/ protein/ meal replacement area, so seeing something called "feastable" on a bar there made me assume it was an actual meal. Thankfully, I read the nutrition label and didn't see any reason to get it.

[@charlesw7397]

It's crazy to me that kids that young can even become so obese. When I was a kid, I'd have a hot pocket and a bag of popcorn everyday after school while playing video games. My parents didn't restrict what I ate so I'd also drink 2-3 non diet sodas everyday and eat several Kudos bars or Rice Krispies + 3 scoops of ice cream every night for dessert. I never became even close to overweight even though my only real exercise was recess/PE, soccer twice a week, and jumping on the trampoline. It just makes me think that kids today must be eating way more than I did and not exercising at all. My metabolism must've been great as a kid. Honestly up until this year, I never noticed any weight gain. I've weighed 170 for a decade which is average for my height. At 28, I'm finally starting to notice weight gain and the growing of my gut.

[@dnalorh.2153]

When I was a kid I was an extemely picky eater. In elementary school I would have a PBJ sandwich with a Capri-Sun and a bag of Doritos. Of course now I know that's nothing but sugar, but my grandparents couldn't get me to eat anything else. I can remember when I was around 7-11, all I would eat for dinner was frozen cheese pizza with a (you guessed it) Capri Sun. Outside of that I would always have a bag of candy or chips, chocolate bar, or a Dr. Pepper at the vending machine every afternoon. At breakfast time I would have a bowl of sugar bombs (think Frosted Flakes, marshmallow Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs). We never questioned it. And then I turned 19. After coming to the realization how ultra-processed foods damage our bodies, I started drinking ONLY spring water. Swapped the cereal out for cage -free eggs. Had some fruit for lunch. Started eating more veg/ salmon/ potatoes for dinner, avoided cooking oil. Got enough sleep at night. I'm gonna be 20 next month. It just shocks and saddens me how much the customers from the store I work at purchase this junk (and before you question, a bag of potatoes is far cheaper, as well as all produce. The same goes for water.) Knowing that they've likely intaken this stuff since they could learn to walk and talk. It's all they know. The employees are even more miserable. Addicted to sugary coffee, cigarettes, scratch-off's, cigars, and COUPIOUS amounts of Mtn. Dew. I ain't about that life. I think I'm gonna stick to my starches, veggies, and proteins.

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

Your granparents weren't strict enough. Bad parenting.

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

It's natural Selektion. The people who don't care sbout being healthy are sortiert themselves out

[@todo9633]

It's crazy to think that one of the most powerful weapons of an international conglomerate with huge lobbying power is a viral cheese pull.

[@SARAHBEGAN1]

My kids are thin, which looks weird now, and they eat a low carb, Whole Foods diet. Their processed food consumption is not zero but it truly is minimal. And everyone thinks I’m an extremist. I’ve had CPS called on me because of it Please keep fighting for kids!

[@lolanola1783]

My mom pretty much feeds my little brothers junk food day and and day out, and the youngest one (8 yrs) is incredibly thin! (I'm 19 and living away from them so I can't do much.) Sometimes kids are just naturally think in their early years. It's insane to get CSP called on you because your kids arent' fat!😭I really hope those officers saw how ridiculous that entire thing was

[@SARAHBEGAN1]

@@lolanola1783 literally everyone else in our family is some form of obese. I was obese. We changed our eating and fixed us and we were able to spare our kids

[@Man_of_Oil]

Love the way your commentary is always focused on the heart of these issues, which is usually the morally bankrupt people and companies who are polluting our food environment. I think that framing is very useful in understanding the forces you have to actively work against to stay healthy in this day and age. I think its also empowering to the people who need to lose weight, because you can't defeat an enemy you don't understand. I've lost 30 lbs this year and I absolutely couldn't have done it without your content. Keep it up 🕺🏻

[@rebeccaspratling2865]

KZbin finally notified me when video was available. Usually they notify me the next day. 😂

[@Paintballperson-k2l]

And yet the parents dont stop this.

[@arikalamari19]

😂 blaming the parents is also very intentionally ignorant

[@opineno]

On the other hand, that “cradle to grave” lifespan has been shortened thanks to their own food.

[@TheNewSoda]

And it's also help if parents instead of enabling the habits maybe tell a kid know every once in a while

[@500ccRabbit]

Parents don't want to parent

[@kunya16]

That's the biggest part. They can advertise to kids all they want, but the parent is the one driving them there and buying them whatever they want. A simple discussion on why junk food should be a very rare treat would go a long way. It does with my kids. "Yes, that is yummy, but here's why we only get it every now and then. Let's go make a meal together! It's so much fun." End of story.

[@callanightshade8079]

December will mark 3 years of never eating McDonald's again

[@CrayolaCoffeeBean]

3:30 there’s a line in a Slipknot song, “Satan? You must be mistaken, there are no more Satans only the bosses on the board” … very true statement.

[@Humineral]

Attitude towards junk food AS A WHOLE needs to change. "a one off treat", then people blame their lack of self control for over indulging. You don't have a one-off cigarette.

[@kati-ana]

It doesn't help when these kids have parents who love junk food just as much as the child and are easily manipulated.

[@alaia-awakened]

It’s not coming for the kids, it had already successfully made them sick and addicted

[@JakoWako]

This is just creepy. Why are parents letting their kids interact with adults online in order to get candy? 😂

[@speckbretzelfan]

Now I can't help but to imagine Mr. Beast driving around playgrounds in his candy van.

[@Quipless]

That's really sad they're stooping so low....

[@Tymbus]

This subject is really close to my heart I have type II diabetes and have been obese for decades. I hate the way the food industry has turned food into junk. My city has been identified as a food desert (You could do a feature on that). Right now vapes are clearly being flavoured to attract young people just like alchopops were. You are right to use the term 'labour'. Time spend on-line is often 'viewing labour' by which their engagement delivers them to advertisers while allowing their data to be harvested.

[@janisir4529]

The world would be so much better if advertising would not exist.

[@hellyeah_ellajane]

We eat quite healthy in my household but still try to give some leeway for treats so that sweets don’t become a fixation. I’ve taught my kids about macros and trying to balance what they eat so I would like to think that they would have the wherewithal to see through marketing like this…. but then again, my 3 year old is obsessed with those stupid apple juice bottles that have the fancy character heads. It’s like $4 for 8oz of juice 😅 it’s literal exploitation of children.

[@EmiL_from_NieR]

Thank you for doing that. I used to have an eating disorder I’ve beaten it twice, growing up in the 2000’s destroyed my body image and it makes me happy when someone teaches their kids to have a healthy relationship with food. Also, I work in a grocery store! One mom I know buys a few of those juice bottles and then she washes them out and refills them and puts them in the fridge, reuses them a few times before she does another one. She buys like 4 of those and the different larger juice jugs and I guess it works for her 4yo 😂

[@gedannyvera]

So disheartening kids are barraged with nonstop advertisments. I absolutely adore how you tackle these subjects eloquently while also making it easy for the viewer to understand. Thank you & keep up the great work

[@ThBlueCat]

I'm a SPED teacher, one of my students is absolutely addicted to ads. He doesn't take part in my or any one else's lessons, just walks around the room on his phone and watches ads. (Before anyone comes for me, I'm not a certitied SPED teacher, I'm an English teacher who got put in the SPED classes. I can deal with behavioural issues, but not full out temper tantrums at taking a phone from a kid who clearly cannot handle being in a "normal" school, even in a special class.)

[@arbitrary_raspberry]

In my country its forbidden to market food with popular children movie characters so no frozen cookies or Minion happy meals

[@NoahPurdyFR]

We shouldn't even allow kids to be featured in Fast Food ads

[@jjcika7504]

I just want to say thank you so much for the proper closed captions on this video!!! It is appreciated

[@messypalette]

Idk if I’m making this up but I swear I remember mr. beast also encouraging his fans to make the shelves that had feastibles on them look nice and even asking store staff to restock when it was empty.

[@Lalameniaa]

Since being an influencer is a real career, yes it is technically child labor. Using children's work and effort for your company's profit.

[@AnythingForSouls]

Happy meal toys are actually so bad now as well I remember getting one for my nephew and it was some paper foldable thing. I remember when it was like a furbie or Disney plastic toy or hot wheels car I get that plastic is like number 1 enemy these days but there's gotta be something better and it actually made me never want to buy another lmfao

[@rachaelaltice6226]

The sanrio yugioh toys brought me back and I never eat mcdoanlds. And some locations would sell me just the toy and some wouldn't and my coworkers would split the happy meals ☠️

[@dlengelkes]

You forgot to mention that junk food is cheaper than real food is. May be it should be the other way around. Real Food should be cheaper than junk food.

[@3brosinwinter781]

Its actually not. Thats propaganda pushed by junk food companies to make you justify buying junk over ingredients for home cooking

[@CarlosRomeroFilosofia]

It's not. Junk food is only cheaper if you measure it by calories, which of course skews the metric as junk food is disproportionately calorie dense. But a week's worth of real food is not more expensive than a week's worth of junk food, quite the contrary.

[@dlengelkes]

@CarlosRomeroFilosofia I don't know about that. Usually when I make lasagne I usually purchase ingredients that can cost me around 50 when I can get store pre-made at around 20

[@CapCorse69]

YES. ugh new Kiana post - love this! inspiring for behaviour change, im down 150lbs, thanks for making these videos.

[@skinscribe]

So glad my parents were crunchy and I wasn’t allowed processed food. My parents always told me to be wary of food that’s a product first and food second. This is exactly that, and is what happens when foods become products to be marketed and sold versus real food, made with real ingredients to nourish us

[@theconqueringram5295]

The older I get, the more dystopian the world looks.

[@Haexxchen]

Those Mr. Beast Chocolate bar just made it to a German discounter. (Netto is the most lower class discounter, but the one to be more likely to carry stuff like Reeses, Takis etc.) I am not paying over 2€ for a bar of chocolate from the USA. I am barely willing to pay that for a Swiss one on a special occasion. I don't see anything wrong with treats made for children, but I would love an adverstisement regulation. No ads on TV and in public places for any sort of drug, sweet or toy. My country was actually talking about a sugar tax and I would like that.

[@WobblesandBean]

I wish MrBeast would just go away.

[@LizNeptune]

They prey on kids with food and now they preying on girl children with makeup and beauty products. It’s sick.

[@Phryzzle]

McDonald's advertises toys to children, which they only get, if they buy their junk food. So it is advertisement for their junk food to children! -.-

[@NebLleb]

Parents NEED to be aware of the predatory marketing tactics companies enact to get kids addicted to junk food. And to make sure that they monitor their kids' diet and teach them moderation and portion control. And... Yes, MrBeast definitely changed the recipe to be a Hershey's knockoff because the original Feastable bars weren't good. I remember watching a livestream from a vtuber, Pipkin Pippa. She's famous for losing her shit whilst playing videogames (most famously Getting Over It), but Pippa once did a livestream where she tried the Feastable bars of the time... And from what she described, they weren't very good. So it's very clear MrBeast saw an opportunity to capitalise on the ongoing American obesity epidemic, and then changed the recipe to be an unhealthier Hershey's clone once he got kids buying it. Diabolical as sin.

[@miu3640]

I hope you're doing okay Kiana, I love your videos and I wish you all the best ❤

[@B-RaDD]

Appreciate all the great videos. Keep em coming

[@chrisbird5806]

Great to see you on You Tube again. Reading Fast Food Nation right now.

[@KianaDocherty]

An absolute classic!!

[@gaillewis5472]

That AI corporate human looks like prosperity pastor Kenneth Copeland, only less evil.