Reply #241: That is an issue for some people, but not all.

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Obesity is a much bigger problem for low income families who can afford to buy junk food and do so because A) they lack education B) they lack motivation to eat better because no one taught them how many health issues are in store for them C) Junk food and a DVD is Friday night entertainment for people who can't afford to go out. Some of these people can be helped by a few initiatives and what Mrs. Obama is doing is commendable IMO.

Getting grocery stores into some neighborhoods is another issue. But I don't see anyone complaining about what poor people eat.

I'm seeing far more complaints by people who don't want ANYBODY to see ANY PSAs or get any info at all because there are people out there with no refrigeration or who are depressed and what... seeing a PSA on television with 30 seconds of nutritional information is going to "hurt" them?

Edited to add: I saw some of the Canadian initiatives in action over Christmas. A few of the television ads are incredibly good and certainly enough to make one think no matter what your financial backround. Plus, they're on often enough to provide balance to the Pizza Hut and drink massive quantities of Coke ads.