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Calorie overload: Do companies that sell fast food or soft drinks belong at the Olympics?
- February 17, 2010 10:58 AM |
- By POV
A B.C. pediatrician says the association of sponsors like Coca-Cola with the Vancouver Winter Games is disappointing and potentially damaging to children.
The Olympics might promote physical activity among young people but that does not make up for the potential harm of too many sweet drinks and too much fast food, according to Dr. Tom Warshawski.
"The nutritional damage so much of their products probably do outweighs or exceeds the good things that happen in terms of physical activity," Warshawski told CBC News Tuesday.
Warshawski said commercials and advertisements showing Olympic champions drinking and eating certain products can be persuasive to children.
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Do you think fast food and soft drink companies sponsoring sporting events is damaging to children? You tell us.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
The Olympics might promote physical activity among young people but that does not make up for the potential harm of too many sweet drinks and too much fast food, according to Dr. Tom Warshawski.
"The nutritional damage so much of their products probably do outweighs or exceeds the good things that happen in terms of physical activity," Warshawski told CBC News Tuesday.
Warshawski said commercials and advertisements showing Olympic champions drinking and eating certain products can be persuasive to children.
Read more:
Do you think fast food and soft drink companies sponsoring sporting events is damaging to children? You tell us.
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