Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA
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November 8, 2010
Today, the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University released Fast Food FACTS , a comprehensive study of fast-food nutrition and marketing to youths. There are a couple of findings that are particularly striking to me—as a mom, as a doctor and as someone who’s working to improve health for all in our country. The report shows that children as young as 2 are seeing more fast-food ads than ever before and that fast-food companies are specifically targeting Black and Latino youths – young people who already have high rates of obesity. In addition, fast-food restaurants rarely...
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