Children Fed Diet of Poor Nutrition on Saturday Morning Televisi...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 04/02/2008 - 22:00

Nine out of ten food advertisements shown during Saturday morning children's television programming are for foods of poor nutritional quality, according to researchers.

During a sample of 27.5 hours of shows aimed at pre-school and elementary school-aged children, 91 percent of food ads were for foods or beverages high in fat, sodium or added sugars or were low in nutrients, according to the study.

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short omega-3 video

Submitted by susan allport (not verified) on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 07:36.

Thought you'd be interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIgNpsbvcVM

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