'If you have someone as famous as Beyonce saying, 'I recognize these products are causing harm in society and I don't want to be a part of it,' it would raise the conversation about these products,' El-Sayed said. AdAge says: According to a Mtn Dew spokesman, Ross was recreated via CGI with an actor whose body structure and demeanor resembled his, and used prosthetics and a wig. PepsiCo used CGI technology to bring us this beautiful bit of nostalgia. A second study, from the European Journal of Public Health, found that eliminating unhealthy advertising to children could reduce the obesity rate by as much as 18 percent. The late Bob Ross is just as soothing in the new Mountain Dew commercial. He cited a study in the journal Obesity Reports that found a clear link between watching advertisements for unhealthy foods and the number of snacks children ate on a daily basis. Not to mention all of the McDonald's grease you're selling,' El-Sayed wrote. in the same way What happened to Larry Dr Pepper guy Peppers decision to no longer feature Larry Culpepper in its ads has been the top story of the week.

'Now, each one of those 20-ounce Sprites has 16 spoons of sugar in it, so LeBron, you're responsible for selling over a billion spoons of sugar.

He broke down James' $16 million, six-year deal with Coca-Cola and determined that if Coca-Cola recoups its investment in him, at minimum, then he will have been responsible for having sold 54.4 million 20-ounce Sprites over the course of his contract. The companies take full advantage of it.'Įl-Sayed penned an open letter to James earlier this week on The 2x2 Project, a health news website run by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. 'They couldn't perform the way they perform night in and night out.

'We all know Beyonce and Lebron aren't walking around eating McDonalds and drinking soda every day,' El-Sayed told.

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