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I guarantee you that Kelloggs is doing this because they know it's a smart business decision, not because they're afraid of a lawsuit.
I guarantee you that Kelloggs is doing this because sugar is getting more expensive and they can swing the less sweet ceral these days. That is the smart decision. Trust me, it is market driven, if the maketplace wanted Sugar Smacks they would get Sugar Smacks. Right now the market wants Whole Grain Golden Honey Smacks.
Of course, the less sugar, caffine, tropical plant fats and cocca America buys, the poorer third would economies get.
But then... that's not our problem right?
I disagree with both POVs here.
This is basically marketing and propaganda, nothing more. Oh yes, the biggest, bestest all-American cereal maker is suddenly scared of all these parents and nutritional advocacy groups and is making its cereals even more nutritional and with less sugar and less fat.
Oh sure. Pull the other one, it's got bells on it.
None of the issues raised in the article are new issues - child obesity, obesity in general, and immoral advertising strategies to children.
It's very easy to see an obese child or adult and point the finger and form the opinion that Fatso either eats too much or doesn't take enough exercise and this is exactly what corporations such as Kelloggs and MacDonalds want you to do.
This is why it's just another media inspired stereotype - the socially unacceptable obese person or kid - the fat kid with the irresponsible parents who let their kids do what they like, the fat lady who gorges herself on candy and chocolate, the fat person on welfare who sits and watches daytime TV and eats junk food all the time.
And people fall for it every time. How many obese people do you see working in face to face customer service positions, such as supermarket checkouts and banks? How many women out there are constantly dieting?
I'm not saying there aren't fat people who fit these stereotypes, there are, but there are also many obese adults and kids who don't. And to me, if it was so simple an issue as taking exercise and controlling what you eat, then why are there so many obese people out there and why is obesity such a major, complicated issue for the medical profession?
But how many of us actually see this issue for what it is and are able to point the finger at coporations such as Kelloggs, MacDonalds, and others who fill up our supermarket and grocery store shelves with so much gunk and junk and crap?
Back in the bad old days Kelloggs sold cereals - real cereals - corn flakes, All Bran, Special K, but now much of what they sell doesn't have any more nutritional value than a packet of cookies or even a straighforward candy bar. Why, some of the cookies and biscuits now on sale are healthier than the cereals.
Okay, so they're not going to be advertising to children any more, except for when it comes to Tony the Tiger. Big deal. This to me is the main point of the article - they're cutting advertising costs. But no mention of how many jobs are going to be lost as a result. And is anybody asking? But the thing is that they no longer need to advertise these products, because they're all going to be there on the supermarket shelves anyway. MacDonalds doesn't promote all its burgers, it doesn't have to, promoting the Big Mac is enough - all the rest is on the menu.
Call me cynical, but I can recall a recent court case where two New Zealand schoolgirls discovered that Ribena doesn't contain any vitamin C. Then there's the Super Size Me film.
Then there's my own experience, I've been trying to lose weight, and I know that most things labelled as 'Healthy Eating', dietary supplements, nutritional bars, and low calorie meals are just as much junk as any other food. Why, for all the truth that's on some of the packaging, they might as well write 'Santa Claus eats this product too'.
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