What Is The Right To Regulate The Influence Of Advertising On Children

We all remember wanting to go to McDonalds when we were younger just to get that happy meal with the toy inside. When we would only want to eat at a restaurant, because we knew a suprise would be included. “Public health advocates have repeatedly highlighted parallels between food marketing and childhood obesity” (Jackson 489). Unhealthy food marketing occurs mostly on children’s television networks. Scientists have said that children under the age of twelve are not able to understand the lies that are being fed to them through food marketing. These advertisements may attract kids to food that is unhealthy. Therefore, the government should have the right to regulate food marketing advertisements that may influence children to have an unhealthy

This basically means that children twelve and under are not able to understand that some advertising messages may not be telling the whole truth, and that they are just trying to influence you to come eat at their restaurant or buy their product. Parents can do the best they can about keeping their children away from unhealthy food. Nothing can be done about monitoring the commercials because “The new iteration of the First Amendment makes it very difficult to shield children from marketing that they are ill-equipped to handle” (Mermin 298). This means that the owners of the restaurants have the right to advertise their business, and there is nothing that can be done to take away that

When kids see food advertisements on TV they don’t care if it is unhealthy, they just care if it tastes good. Companies will also use celebrities or characters to attract children to the food. If children see someone they like or look up to, then they will want to eat the food to. Another thing food companies do is make sure to be extra clear when they add a toy to their kids meals. They know if a child sees this toy they are going to want to get the restaurant's food just to get the toy. There are so many ways that food commercials lure kids in to eat their unhealthy