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The market forces companies to peddle garbage to children who generally lack the capacity to make a healthy informed decision in the face of multimillion dollar
by fucking_tragedy 10y ago
The market forces companies to peddle garbage to children who generally lack the capacity to make a healthy informed decision in the face of multimillion dollar campaigns designed to get them to consume sugary cereal?
> He said everyone tells them to do so, but once it's on the shelves it does not sell. People want less sugar in the abstract. But they love sugar in their shopping carts, in the mornings, and in their mouths.
This sounds a little too just-so.
- GordonS 10y ago> peddle garbage to children who generally lack the capacity to make a healthy informed decision I don't know many kids that do the shopping :) It's parents that choose the sugary breakfast cereals for their children. I think many have the capacity to make a healthy, informed decision, but for some reason they do not. Marketing is likely at least part of the reason.
- fucking_tragedy 10y agoHow many cereal advertisements do you see marketing towards parents vs their children? Companies know they influence purchasing decisions through the manipulation of children.