Talking Points: The Big, Fat American Kid Crisis . . . - New York Times

Talking Points: The Big, Fat American Kid Crisis . . . - New York Times: "In the 1970's, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule to ban or severely restrict all television advertising to children. But guess what? The food lobbyists didn't like it, so Congress passed something it called 'The Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980' (see page 11). The 'improvements' in this case include stripping the agency of the authority to restrict advertising — a clear improvement from the point of view of Big Food. Instead of banning children's ads, the Congress gave us a voluntary system that is funded by the industry and doesn't really work."