For some time now, I've been arguing that legal scholars ought to be challenging the contention of food corporations that the First Amendment gives them the right to market foods any way they like, even to kids. I simply cannot believe that the Founding Fathers of the United States intended the First Amendment for this purpose. In December 2010, I urged public interest lawyers to examine current food marketing practices in light of the First Amendment. I am pleased to see that they are now doing so.
Tag Archives: obesity
Freedom Of Sweets
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Tagged fat, freedom of speech, obesity, The Atlantic
Toying with the Fat Kids
You can take away their happy meals, but McFat kids will keep coming back bigger than ever.
New York City Councilman Leroy G. Comrie Jr. of Queens has attacked a piece of Americana by proposing to ban “Happy Meal” toys in fast food restaurants. And while legislators and public health advocates are correct in looking for ways to reverse skyrocketing childhood obesity rates, toys and kids’ foods have been synonymous for almost a century, ever since Cracker Jacks began adding surprises to each package in 1912.
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Tagged fat, legislation, mcdonalds, obesity, The Atlantic
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