Disney Pulls Hannah Montana Diabetes Episode

re: Disney Pulls Hannah Montana Diabetes Episode

tim — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:28:18 GMT

The Disney channel offers nothing positive to their audiences. Their primary function is teaching consumerism to children, with sugar cereal and other junk foods amongst their primary advertisers. They, of course, know that they can run an episode about diabetes and still promote unhealthy diets but I'd be interested to know more about their reasoning behind pulling the episode. Perhaps they were unable to work in their questionable position on sex roles for girls while scorning the kid with the sugar addiction?

re: Disney Pulls Hannah Montana Diabetes Episode

Brett Singer — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:04:21 GMT

Good point. That brings up another question of course - how did they make those mistakes if they "contacted experts" which the article says they did? Of course, one person's expert is another person's moron...

re: Disney Pulls Hannah Montana Diabetes Episode

leahsmom — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:06:49 GMT

People with type I diabetes can eat pretty much anything - sugar should be limited - just like with any healthy diet, but we can eat it! Welcome to my top pet peeve about misunderstandings of the disease - people who tell me I can't eat things because I'm diabetic, take food away from me that was ON MY PLATE because I'm diabetic (I'm a sucker for a good brownie) or tell me, in front of my child, "well, it's not my fault if you die because you ate that!"

I've had this sucker for 23 years, I eat a brownie occasionally, and I'm doing just fine, thanks, people!

So I'd be pissed if this show had all that misinformation, too.