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Even The Ones They Don't Tell You: Nutrition Facts
Misleading Facts
Nutrition labels and commercials mislead teens and adults. Commercials advertise Super-sized meals for a low cost. These meals are unhealthy but the companies still want you to buy them. They only tell you the good stuff about the food. Some nutrition labels mislead you by saying something is just for color or flavor even though it adds fat or calories.
Sugar Free Doesn't Mean Low Calories
Although some calories come from sugar the substitutes they use in sugar free items may have more calories or carbohydrates because of the sugar substitutes.
Commercials Try To Make Their Food Look Better Than It Really Is
McDonald's commercials try to make their food look good making you want to buy it.
TV Commercials Effect What Teens and Children Want To Eat.
Studies show that teens who are eating and watching TV eat more when a food commercial comes on. They also show that the better looking and persuasive the commercials are the more likely people are to buy the food.
The Commercials and Misleading Facts: What do they cause
People in the US are becoming overweight due to overeating, fast foods, and not exercising. The food commercials and untruthful facts are also contributing to the growth of waistline average in the USA. If the commercials and "facts" were truthful the United States and other countries would think twice about eating out.