Going Soft on Fat?
It seems many health advocates think the government’s new anti-obesity ads are too lenient. Mike Stobbe of the Associated Press reports:
No one is advocating public service announcements that ridicule fat people; experts say such spots would do more harm than good. But critics complain that the three new spots premiering this month are a wimpy attack on the costly and deadly explosion of obesity in America.I don’t know about the obesity ads. I’m more concerned over the fast food and soft drinks!
"It's so namby-pamby I think people will shrug it off," said Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington-based advocacy organization.
The three new spots are the latest in a series created by the Ad Council and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which try to tackle the nation's obesity problem with ads that encourage healthy snacking and taking the stairs.
