They Say: no junk food ads at the Olympicshttp://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/22/they-say-no-junk-food-ads-at-the-olympics.aspxLike 30 million plus people, I&#39;ve been watching a lot of Olympics the past few days. Which means I&#39;ve seen a lot of commercials from the sponsors of the Games; I think I&#39;ve seen that McDonald&#39;s ad touting chicken sandwiches for breakfastenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)re: They Say: no junk food ads at the Olympicshttp://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/22/they-say-no-junk-food-ads-at-the-olympics.aspx#119998Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:59:11 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:119998steffmarcusky<p>Passikof is right, even though I agree that many of these are unhealthy. Things in moderation are not, and a complete Prohibition of them is ridiculous, especially about the beer and wine. That's where they lost me - I almost agreed about the Coke and McDs.</p> <img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=119998" width="1" height="1">re: They Say: no junk food ads at the Olympicshttp://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/22/they-say-no-junk-food-ads-at-the-olympics.aspx#119926Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:10:27 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:119926leahsmom<p>Maybe so - but some of the athletes themselves are eating fried, fast and sugared food all the time. &nbsp;(At least the guys: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://contexts.org/socimages/2008/08/14/breakfast-and-lunch-and-dinner-of-olympic-champions/">contexts.org/.../breakfast-and-lunch-and-dinner-of-olympic-champions</a>) &nbsp;- If we go that route, do we want to tell the male athletes they have to knock off the ribs and bacon, too? Or just the advertising is bad, even if it reflects the way some Olympians - and some Americans - eat?</p> <img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=119926" width="1" height="1">