Mondo Times Health Poll Archive

This poll ran from April 2 to 9, 2007.

Mondo Stars Poll Results

"The food industry is killing our kids for profit." True 1053/77% False 318/23%

Votes: 1371

From the op-ed article "Death by junk food" by Marie Cocco, published in the March 30, 2007 edition of Newday and syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group. Cocco was commenting on a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation about food advertising aimed at kids which was released in March 2007.

She wrote "American children are facing death by junk food," referring to the marketing of unhealthy, processed foods like candy, cereal, soda and fast food. She added, "Just as surely as the tobacco industry tried for years - and succeeded - in hooking young kids on its deadly weed, the food industry is spending billions to advertise products that will make the next generation look and live like its porky parents: overweight, and at great risk of debilitating disease and early deaths linked to obesity."

She concluded that the food industry "could stand accused of killing our kids for profit."

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