Disney bans junk food ads from kids’ programming
Samantha
2012/06/05 18:45:02
Saturday morning cartoons will never be the same. Disney is announcing today that the company’s media properties — its websites, its radio stations, and its TV channels, which include the ABC stations that rule the pre-10 a.m. cartoon lineup — will no longer broadcast or post advertisements that promote unhealthy food.
That means nothing that’s overly high in fat and sugar but low in nutrition. No more ads for Capri Sun. No more Kraft Lunchables. No more teeth-melting sugary cereal. No more fast food.
The company’s also trying to branch out into food policing, with the “Mickey Check” — a Disney seal of approval on a packaged food’s nutritional value.
That means nothing that’s overly high in fat and sugar but low in nutrition. No more ads for Capri Sun. No more Kraft Lunchables. No more teeth-melting sugary cereal. No more fast food.
The company’s also trying to branch out into food policing, with the “Mickey Check” — a Disney seal of approval on a packaged food’s nutritional value.
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- Monty 2013/02/27 20:31:18
kraft lunchables are unhealthy too?reply - FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2012/06/05 19:18:16But yet they continue to sell Junk Food at Disneyland. How ironic.reply
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Let's hope that, in this process, they discontinue selling junk food. The important issue is, I think, the power of television and, in general, the media.reply
- Syl 2012/06/05 18:52:59+1Nice, I'm glad they finally realized it's not right to persuade children into stuffing their faces with junk food.reply
