Dino of Chroma points to an article in The Guardian featuring an excerpt from Eric Shlosser's new book, Chew on This. As a father of two four-year-old boys this quote gave me pause:
During the course of a year, the typical American child watches more than 40,000 TV commercials. About 20,000 of those ads are for junk food: soft drinks, sweets, breakfast cereals and fast food. That means American children now see a junk food ad every five minutes while watching TV - and see about three hours of junk food ads every week. American kids aren't learning about food in the classroom. They're being taught what to eat by the same junk food ads, repeating again and again.
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