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Idea No. 1 is to ban the broadcasting of junk-food commercials to young children, just as the Federal Government banned cigarette ads from television in 1971."The average child sees more than 10,000 food commercials a year, and most are for high-calorie foods," says Ludwig. The American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Obesity Crisis:Activists: The Obesity Warriors | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

Although there is popular support for a ban on food ads directed at children--56% of participants in the TIME/ABC poll said they favor this--it's difficult to imagine the land of free enterprise following the lead of Norway and Sweden, which have banned advertising aimed at children, or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Obesity Crisis:Activists: The Obesity Warriors | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

A tax on junk foods? A ban on advertising to tots? A national nutrition campaign advising us all to eat less? Could any of this actually happen? In the days when the Marlboro Man was riding high on the airwaves, Brownell points out, no one thought you could ban cigarette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Obesity Crisis:Activists: The Obesity Warriors | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

We backed off about 200 yds. and, son of a gun, here came another group of Germans. All of D-day, we just moved, moved, moved, and we never seemed to get away from activity by the Germans. It was one fire fight after another. Getting up into the afternoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day: What They Saw When They Landed | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

There was some humor to being the flamethrower. While waiting to be loaded onto the ships at dockside, I would often light a cigarette using my weapon. Being experienced with it, I knew all the safety factors. I could, without triggering the propelling mechanism, light a cigarette by simply producing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day: What They Saw When They Landed | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

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