Two months ago the state of Georgia Children’s Health Alliance created obesity prevention ads that they deemed “necessary to jar parents of obese kids out of a state of denial that their children had a problem won some enthusiastic praise for their attention-grabbing tactics ". The ads featured several children from different ethnic groups describing their current situation as it relates to obesity. While the ads suggest in your face obesity issues many parents and activities were outraged to say the least.
According to a Huffington Post article, (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/georgia-child-obesity-ads_n_856255.html) "Billboards depicting fat kids are extraordinarily harmful to the very kids they are supposedly trying to help," said the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, which called for the billboards' removal.
Research shows that trends in obesity have increased significantly over the past decade. More families are eating out for meals, less kids are participating in physical activity, more snacks are readily available than fruits and vegetables.
Based on current U.S. trends in obesity do you think Georgia’s ads were too extreme? Or was it a hard truth pill for us to swallow?
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Meanwhile, check out some of the ads.
Bobby’s Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OZB6qKKzE8&feature=related
Tamika’s Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnLGtbXPSt4&feature=related
Kevin’s Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-07bWzvMUs&feature=related
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