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Vote for the Commercial with the Worst Health Message
A few months ago, PCRM asked visitors to its Web site to vote for the commercial with the worst men’s health message. This time, PCRM is asking you to vote for the worst ad for a different product category: pharmaceuticals and supplements. The contestants in this month’s online poll are commercials fo |
Vote on the Commercial with the Worst Health Message
Americans are seeing more and more commercials pushing less-than-healthful food. PCRM nutrition experts have compiled a list of 10 commercials that send especially poor messages about health and nutrition. Now’s your chance to vote for which one is the worst. Some of the a |
Vote for the Most Misleading Dairy Commercial
Got proof? PCRM’s ongoing “badvertisements” campaign exposes ads that try to hoodwink consumers into buying unhealthful products. This time, PCRM dietitians are asking Web site visitors to vote on a new category of deceitful TV commercials: dairy products. These three spots target women by using m |
Die Like a Man
Burger King’s “Eat Like a Man” anthem was voted the worst men’s health commercial by PCRM Web site viewers. The online poll asked readers to choose between Burger King and two other ads: Hummer, which suggested a tofu-buying man could regain his manhood by purchasing a Hummer, and TGI Frida |
PCRM Online | October 2006
October 2006 |
Nesquik Commercial Voted Most Deceptive Ad in Online “Badvertisements” Poll
WASHINGTON— Got deception? Voters say that a Nesquik television ad that tries to sell moms on the supposed health benefits of chocolate milk certainly does. An online poll sponsored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) asked web visitors to choose between the Nesquik commercial and two |
Anti-Hot Dog Commercial Backed by Solid Science
By Susan Levin, M.S., R.D. It’s one of the more hard-hitting attack ads on television, even by the standards of this bruising political season. But this commercial isn’t going after John McCain or Barack Obama. Hot dogs are the target of “Protect Our Kids,” a new TV spot created by our orga |
Give Students Vegetarian Lunch Options, Montel’s Daughter Urges Congress in CNN Commercial
WASHINGTON—Should Congress amend the Child Nutrition Act to add vegetarian options to school lunch lines? The daughter of Montel Williams thinks so—and 14-year-old Wyntergrace Williams is speaking out on Capitol Hill and in a new television commercial airing Thursday, April 30, during CNN’s Ameri |
Montel’s Daughter Stars in TV Ad Urging Congress to Support Healthy School Lunches
WASHINGTON—As students across America head back to class, the daughter of Montel Williams is calling for healthy vegetarian school lunch options in a television commercial airing Monday, Aug. 24, on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, an ABC Family prime-time drama. Fourteen-year-old Wyntergrace Williams |
Anti-McDonald’s Commercial Backed by Solid Science
By Susan Levin, M.S., R.D. This opinion piece was printed in the Sun-Sentinel on Oct. 10, 2010. It’s been called “morbid” and “graphic.” But these descriptions shouldn’t be surprising since the ad was set in a morgue. The new TV commercial created by our nonprofit organization, t |
PCRM Online | April 2007
April 2007 |
One Doctor Takes to Airwaves to Confront Childhood Obesity Myths
WASHINGTON—Vending machines and a lack of exercise take the blame for skyrocketing childhood obesity rates. But one doctor is taking to the airwaves to say they are not the issue and to insist that Americans confront the real problem. In a new commercial airing in Washington, D.C., Huntington, W.Va., and other lo |
The Cancer Project Launches Major Processed Meat Campaign
As Americans barbecue their way through summer, PCRM affiliate The Cancer Project is launching a major campaign to educate the public about the cancer risk found in hot dogs and other processed meats. The campaign includes a provocative new national TV commercial, a survey of processed meat found in the National Sch |
The Vegan Diet How-To Guide for Diabetes
Meal Suggestions BREAKFAST— Often breakfast can be similar to the one you are accustomed to with a few simple modifications. Hot cereals: oatmeal with cinnamon, raisins, and/or applesauce All-Bran or muesli with nonfat soy or rice milk and/or berries, peach, or banana |
Pediatricians vs. Junk Food Giants: PCRM Doctors Report from Front Lines of Obesity Battle
Jack is a typical child in Dr. Rina Shah’s practice. Except that at 6 years old he weighs 100 pounds. “The average child his age should be closer to 50 pounds,” says Dr. Shah, a pediatrician in Vallejo, Calif. “Jack is one of the many children in my practice who struggles with eating healthy |
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