Digital marketing on platforms like TikTok and Instagram exposes children to ads for ultra-processed foods (high in sugar, salt and fat), contributing to childhood obesity. Many kids don’t realize they're being targeted. Studies show that exposure to junk food ads increases children's desire for and consumption of unhealthy food, with influencer marketing having a particularly … Continue reading Study reveals social media’s stealthy role in the childhood OBESITY crisis
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The classic picture of obesity is typically a balding, middle-aged man with a huge beer belly protruding from an ill-fitting shirt hanging unattractively across his waist. However, a different vision of obesity is becoming all too common as the beaches fill up this summer with overweight children whose swimsuits can barely contain them. While their … Continue reading If we were really worried about children’s health, we would BAN junk food advertising
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 