Comments on: Cake and Bindi Irwin? There are bigger gummi bears to fry http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heathdon McGregor http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31198 Heathdon McGregor Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:56:43 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31198 maybe a solution is truth in advertising. If you state your product is natural or healthy and it isn't then you have broken the law. A couple of examples and then maybe when I buy a healthy product it is good for my health maybe a solution is truth in advertising. If you state your product is natural or healthy and it isn’t then you have broken the law. A couple of examples and then maybe when I buy a healthy product it is good for my health

]]> By: HughG http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31190 HughG Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:35:21 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31190 Hello, I agree these ad campaigns are a bit rubbish, just out of curiousity and to emphasise the point, what percentage of sugar is the equivalent volume of milk? Also another thing to consider may be that while the children are being directly targetted by this type of marketing, I believe the demographic that does actually end up doing the purchasing is the mum doing the shopping. Maybe the way to go about this is governmental advertisement about childhood obesity showing healthier options with a different demographic audience - or am I just a bit naive. Rosemary, you're a champion. Hello, I agree these ad campaigns are a bit rubbish, just out of curiousity and to emphasise the point, what percentage of sugar is the equivalent volume of milk?
Also another thing to consider may be that while the children are being directly targetted by this type of marketing, I believe the demographic that does actually end up doing the purchasing is the mum doing the shopping. Maybe the way to go about this is governmental advertisement about childhood obesity showing healthier options with a different demographic audience - or am I just a bit naive.

Rosemary, you’re a champion.

]]> By: Frank Campbell http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31181 Frank Campbell Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:24:22 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31181 Rosemary: re anonymous internet abuse- pathetic as it is, most readers dismiss it without a thought. It's just spambile, to coin a phrase. But usually worth replying to politely, since the vast majority of people are interested in real arguments, and a soft answer makes the anonymous wordmugger look like the mental equivalent of a sink-estate hoodie. Many are no doubt respectable middle-aged citizens who would be mortified if their rudeness was exposed. An earnest reply to online insult might even encourage them to rummage through their drawers for an argument or two... On the other hand, the well-turned insult is a thing of duty, best saved for the overweight stentorians of the commentariat. Rosemary: re anonymous internet abuse- pathetic as it is, most readers dismiss it without a thought. It’s just spambile, to coin a phrase. But usually worth replying to politely, since the vast majority of people are interested in real arguments, and a soft answer makes the anonymous wordmugger look like the mental equivalent of a sink-estate hoodie. Many are no doubt respectable middle-aged citizens who would be mortified if their rudeness was exposed. An earnest reply to online insult might even encourage them to rummage through their drawers for an argument or two…

On the other hand, the well-turned insult is a thing of duty, best saved for the overweight stentorians of the commentariat.

]]> By: Frank Campbell http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31177 Frank Campbell Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:56:17 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31177 Bindi is a thin product selling a fat product. Child abuse x 2. Hasn't Penberthy noticed the obesity epidemic? Doesn't he know Macdonalds was installed inside the Royal Childrens' Hospital years ago? Now it takes two school buses instead of one to take the same number of kids on an excursion. Doesn't he realise that pilots are scared to take off these days? Does he realise that Fat Al Gore's private jet has to refuel after only 300km? So does Al Gore. Has he thought about diabetes? Is Penbo just a Big Sugar daddy? Bindi is a thin product selling a fat product. Child abuse x 2. Hasn’t Penberthy noticed the obesity epidemic? Doesn’t he know Macdonalds was installed inside the Royal Childrens’ Hospital years ago? Now it takes two school buses instead of one to take the same number of kids on an excursion.
Doesn’t he realise that pilots are scared to take off these days? Does he realise that Fat Al Gore’s private jet has to refuel after only 300km? So does Al Gore.

Has he thought about diabetes?

Is Penbo just a Big Sugar daddy?

]]> By: Rosemary Stanton http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31152 Rosemary Stanton Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:32:18 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/14/cake-and-bindi-irwin-there-are-bigger-gummi-bears-to-fry/#comment-31152 David I have spent over 40 years trying to convince Australians that we should eat less sugar. I rarely contact the media, although it's hard to remember a day when they don't contact me. The Bindi Irwin comment consisted of a journalist asking for my opinion of the new ads. I gave it briefly and was a bit surprised to cop a pretty unfair whack for it. Fortunately, I've been around long enough to ignore the silly/nasty/ignorant comments I get, although I'm still a bit taken aback at the way internet anonymity gives some people carte blanche to be pretty rude. I and many of my colleagues who work in public health have spent years having a go at sweetened cereals, sweet drinks, 'health' confectionery and dozens of other sugary items pushed at kids. We'll continue to push the anti-junk food barrow, which is overloaded with sugary foods and drinks masquerading as 'healthy'. David

I have spent over 40 years trying to convince Australians that we should eat less sugar. I rarely contact the media, although it’s hard to remember a day when they don’t contact me. The Bindi Irwin comment consisted of a journalist asking for my opinion of the new ads. I gave it briefly and was a bit surprised to cop a pretty unfair whack for it. Fortunately, I’ve been around long enough to ignore the silly/nasty/ignorant comments I get, although I’m still a bit taken aback at the way internet anonymity gives some people carte blanche to be pretty rude.

I and many of my colleagues who work in public health have spent years having a go at sweetened cereals, sweet drinks, ‘health’ confectionery and dozens of other sugary items pushed at kids. We’ll continue to push the anti-junk food barrow, which is overloaded with sugary foods and drinks masquerading as ‘healthy’.

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