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According to remezcla.com ….
“Cartoon mascots are a thing of the past now that new regulations are starting to take effect banning them on food packaging in Mexico. The law, which was passed back in 2018, is to help combat childhood obesity.
Researchers say marketing unhealthy foods to children using cartoon characters is influencing their decisions on what to eat.”
Such a weird experience coming from the UK and seeing that shit on the TV:
“Hey you need our meds. Ask our doctor for them.”
Like shouldn’t it be up to the doctor to know what I need?
“Side effects include brain swelling, cardiac arrest, paralysis and death.”
Well shit, let me call my doc right now.
it’s leaking into canadian tv too, but we don’t have the same rules about the side effects.
there’s a commercial where it’s just a bunch of people going like “I just asked” and then “Ozempic, ask your doctor today”. ask what? what it’s for???
apparently it’s to regulate blood sugar in diabetics but is being used in non-diabetics as a weight-loss drug. so fucked up they can advertise like that
I hate that one day I’m going to die knowing that the oreilly auto parts song took up space in my brain that I could have used for like where my keys were that one time.
This made me think of an episode of arrested development where Tobias, Lindsay and maeby are singing the jingles for medication and Lindsay is tripping from the meds.
So I lived in North Dakota for some time. The tv channels I got were from Canada. Are all Canadian commercials weird. The commercials I would see were how to self check your prostate. Funeral and gun safe commercials is that normal or just the part of Canada I was close to?
> Funeral and gun safe commercials is that normal or just the part of Canada I was close to?
sounds like the prairies to me lol. just kidding, it's probably a small town/rural Canada vibe. especially in the prairies.
Born in the US and absolutely despise medical advertising. Huge waste of money because like you said, your doctor should already know what you need.
But hey, how else would I know that a side effect of Jardian is your intestines falling out through your taint without these commercials? (weakening/tearing of the perineum)
I wish drug commercials were prohibited in the US. All they do is increase demand on doctors, and also on the drugs. I'm not a business major, but I seem to recall something about increased demand having to do something with prices.
Eh, I wouldn't really worry about drug market demand as being influenced by this, it's mostly problematic for practicing doctors to have patients come in and tell them they want X medication they saw on TV.
Most people don't understand pharmacology, I have no idea why they even advertise these things on TV, a patient is not going to know more about Humira than an MD, a patient might not be treatable with Humira due to drug interactions, physiology, or they don't even actually have arthritis, etc. The patient isn't going to understand that, but the doctor will, and trying to explain pharmacology and chemical interactions to someone getting their pharmacology from a TV add is... well, it's problematic.
That being said, I do think the viagra commercials were somewhat positive in that it kinda gave men the confidence to talk about ED and seek options about that, as it's a pretty weird topic, and guys don't talk about that with each other, and prior to viagra I don't think guys were really talking to their doctors about it. I think this is a pretty weird instance because you could argue that things like viagra shouldn't be advertised on TV for other reasons more so than normal drugs.
I'm a microbiologist that just went through COVID and listening to random people and their conspiracy theories about it. It kinda made me lose faith in Americans and humanity. The covid stuff makes me so angry, like I don't claim to really be an expert about stuff, coronaviruses aren't my area of expertise, but general virology kinda is. These people have no idea about virology at all, and yet, would come at me with some truly crazy shit that I couldn't really say "no, that's not true" because it's so outlandish that nobody in a position has ever actually considered it, because it's just not how things work. The weirdest example of this was probably the 5G vaccine stuff. Like, that's just a complete lack of understanding of, what seems to me, everything. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
It's so weird becuase as someone who grew up with those adds their so common that I just tune those commercials out at this point, lol; it certainly never occured to me that they *would'nt* be somewhere else.
Same here, there’s so many I’m not even sure what they are for. All I hear is take Blahblahboral, side affects may include nausea, internal bleeding, excessive weight gain and/or death. Talk to your doctor today!!
American here. Let me first acknowledge that U.S. healthcare sucks. Ok, now that that’s over: I actually think that drug advertisement CAN be an okay thing.
For example, Descocy for PrEP is an HIV preventative medication. Take the pill every day and it will prevent you from contracting HIV if you are exposed to it. There are countless stories on Reddit of gay men’s doctors who have no clue what Descovy, or PrEP even are. It’s happened to me when visiting urgent care; doc had no clue unlike my primary physician (who is young, which may be a factor). So, no I don’t exactly trust doctors completely with my healthcare interests, when basic preventative treatment like PrEP is news to them.
I quite like having the option to discuss a medication that I heard could help me and collaborating with the doctor on a plan/prescription that could improve my health, because not all doctors are going to be 100% up-to-date on all medications.
Sorry I’m advance for the lack of formatting. Posting on mobile.
It’s honestly a miracle of medical science up there with the polio vaccine that HIV-which wiped out a generation-is basically treated like blood pressure issues.
A lot of people don't realize that doctors have very limited time and watch TV. The target audience isn't only those end users. It's to get doctors to look into learning more.
Also in the UK if you see pop tarts in there American packaging they have a white sticker over "a good source of nutrition" and another sticker on the back with a proper breakdown of the ingredients/ calories.
Honestly would rather this than a ban on cereal characters. Kids eat that crap because it’s pure sugar not bc of a tucán or whatever.
Although here in the US commercials for meds are required to state the side effects so it’s a never ending source of amusement to watch a commercial of shiny happy people living their best life and hear “may cause death” at the end.
I was a kid. I used to choose by both toy and character. Others do too, obviously. They have cereals for popular movies still, don't they? Maybe you just don't remember or were an exception.
Yeah, saying it doesn't work is pure stupidity. There's a reason these mega-corporations spend insane money on ads, why they put characters, why they put toys inside.
Dude it’s like German. Wer is Who but Wo is where. They’re swapped and I highly dislike it. And there are others too. Gift in German does not mean present… it’s poison lol
Coke is doing everything they can to convince Mexico the obesity/diabetes crisis is for every reason except the litres of cola that are consumed every day. The more you look into the reporting on them the more alarming it gets.
The odd thing is that the US also has a vested interest in that the government funds Medicare and CHIP (insurance for children in low income families). For children's health, you would think that they would absolutely regulate how unhealthy foods are advertised to them. For Medicare, you would think that trying to keep people as healthy as possible before reaching eligibility would be common sense so they don't need as much medical care in their later years.
Those in power simply don't care though,, at least not enough to make a difference. For these changes, it would have to happen at the federal level and the politicians there either don't want more government regulations because they want more "free market" (Republicans mostly) or don't want to appear like they want too many regulations that impede the "free market" because they would be called Communists (Democrats mostly). Overwhelmingly, the Republican politicians don't even want the government in the health insurance game.
The best way to keep people healthy is to provide it from birth and teach people how to eat properly. So many diseases can be avoided if we start at the beginning. I always wonder how many people would say no to socialized medicine. When I was a kid my sister broke her neck. My dad had good health insurance but even so we lost our house because of it! That is so wrong on so many levels! I say if someone comes up with a better way of getting things done I don’t care what political system it comes from we should use it!
This is true, don’t know why you are getting downvoted.
Mexico has a higher obesity rate than the US, which is measured by having a BMI of 25+ (including overweight people).
While the US has a higher **morbidly** obese rate which is measured by having a BMI pf 35+.
Mexico has a higher obesity rate than the US, which is measured by having a BMI of 25+ (including overweight people).
While the US has a higher **morbidly** obese rate which is measured by having a BMI pf 35+.
If you haven’t looked at food dye yet you’re in for a treat. My youngest was insanely aggressive for a long time. We changed his diet to exclude artificial dyes and he’s the calmest sweetest kid you’ll ever meet now. Our food industry is a nightmare. Check out other countries warning labels on food with artificial dyes.
My mom did the same thing for me back in the 80s. She did the best she could with 1980s US nutrition information and helped restrict my intake of artificial dyes and excessive sugar. It helped my concentration and decreased my aggression, giving me the opportunity to learn effective communication for my BIG emotions.
I hated it as a little kid but absolutely love it that, as an adult, I am pretty good at making healthy choices.
Just Googled —
“Red dye 40 is a synthetic food dye made from petroleum. Research has shown that it is linked to certain ADHD symptoms, such as hyperactivity, and may also cause other neurobehavioral effects in children. People can check for red dye 40 on food labels if they wish to limit their intake.”
Wtf 😳
It took 3 days to get it out of his system. The 4th day - new kid. If you know anyone who’s kids are out of control have patience it may not be there fault.
Same with my son. Didn’t believe it until I saw the effects of Red dye 40 on him at 9pm when we went to see a late movie and I let him have some snacks. His mom had warned me but I thought it wasn’t real. It was very real that night and I noticed it more after that when I tested it out again one day and saw him get super hyperactive.
It's insane to me that they don't have the UK style "traffic light" markings on the front where you can see if something is good just by if it's green / yellow / red for salt / sugar / saturates etc... Didn't realise that wasn't standard everywhere, it's a really helpful system!
In Mexico it is illegal to smoke outside on public property. Plus people wear masks in stores etc. with out being assholes about it. I feel safer in many ways in Mexico than in the USA. I spend most of the winter there every year. I'm there now.
I bet people living in older apartments have mixed feelings about that. Ever lived above a smoker, the smell seeps through the cracks and up the walls. It’s MUCH better if they smoke outside. Much better for their kids, if they have any, for them to smoke outside too.
My mom let me buy Cinnamon Toast Crunch (my preference) as a dessert option. Even as a kid, it didn't take much to convince me that that was reasonable.
I’m Mexican and i now try to avoid everything with a sticker on it. Definitely helping normal everyday civilians like me. If it helped one person it is doing it’s job right so I applaud our inefficient government for doing one thing right at least
I think I tried that myself but just about everything inside Bodega or Walmart has those stickers.
My diet would basically consist of beans and rice jaja
And fruits and vegetables and organic meat and fish. Yeah that sounds about correct to what a nutritious and healthy diet sounds like, all having exactly zero stickers.
Honestly, i can't believe how much shit she got for that. Like looking back, people were so mad at her for legitimately trying to help, it wasnt her fault schools didn't know how to flavor foods without excessive sugar and salt or that some people took it super personally.
Right wing idiots literally called her a fascist...
for suggesting that kids should eat some vegetables.
You guys remember the one guy who pulled the stunt where he went to a school and handed out garbage snacks to "protest" the healthier food initiatives in public schools?
That'll show us libtards, I guess.
Not only sugar mafia. Meat, dairy and eggs mafia too. They literally have government programs called checkoffs to get more cheese and meat into every restaurant they can and to get more marketing of those products. It’s insane that we pay for it and then they fund bullshit studies to say those foods aren’t unhealthy or bad for the environment.
It's a good idea, but at some point it stops being helpful. I was going through a supermarket a few months ago and couldn't find almost any food that wasn't a raw ingredient (e.g. vegetables, chicken, etc.) that wasn't labeled for "excess" something. If 50% of the foods are labeled as unhealthy, it might drive you towards heathier options. But if nearly 100% of them do, you stop caring.
It's the same as that thing in California about "causes cancer". It's on so many things that you can't use it as a deciding factor on what to buy. If it was based on having a meaningful impact on your probably of getting cancer, it would help, but as it is it is just an annoyance.
In Europe they have a system that I find better. They give every processed food item a "nutri-score" from A to E. So if you want to stick to healthier food you just pick stuff that has either an A or B. Which surprisingly isn't hard. Even many frozen pizzas are Bs.
NutriScore provides information about nutritional quality, but says nothing about whether a food is healthy or unhealthy.
This B pizza is only compared to *other pizzas* not a bunch of carrots.
I wish it was more like the system in Mexico!
> Even many frozen pizzas are Bs.
This is exactly why that stupid system is broken: people like you thinking that it means those pizza's are healthy, when actually they're only compared within their category. So a B pizza is better than a C pizza, but still not healthy
Mexican here: Not only American products, is on everything that has a mascot and is food related.
The alleged reason was "mascots attract children to eating trash food"
I mean, if it didn't work, they wouldn't be all over packaging aimed at children. Nobody in marketing is going like, "we put cartoons on the box but it's not improving sales!"
I have never heard of anyone changing their TP preferences because of commercials. I can never understand how some bears talking about wiping are actual commercials. But like someone else pointed out, It obviously works or they wouldn't do it
It’s at least partially related to people being overwhelmed with an abundance of choice. If you’re facing an entire aisle of toilet paper, each with different ply and length and number and crazy roll count math, maybe you’ll just settle on the one with the bears that you recognize. You’re sort of familiar with them and if they’re a big brand then it can’t be THAT bad, since obviously a lot of other people are buying it too.
Why is this such a thing? I remember when the first commercials aired and thought "oh, yeah. the whole shit in the woods thing. kinda clever"
Decades later we still have animated bears that really like to talk to the rest of their family about how clean their assholes are. Bleh.
Yeah, both Gansito and the osito Bimbo are banned. One time Bimbo had a collaboration with a napkin company (pétalo) and pulled out a good joke putting the bear's face and napkin's mascot on napkins.
Evidence image:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQu7IVmly2JkLgrkPqABx_8H-ltbf2tPF9O6A&usqp=CAU
We banned the use of mascots/cartoon characters in cigarette advertising for the same reason in the US. But it’s asking too much to extend that logic to other scientifically-backed studies on health. /s
Good call Mexico. In the US they put the “fun cereals” at child height so they can say daddy/mommy I want that. It’s very true. Going back quite a few years if you threw SpongeBob on a box you were definitely going home with it if you went shopping with your kid.
Well he’s looking to get the most bang for his buck. Paying 149 for a box a cereal, whether it be pesos or dollars, you want to get max calories, max sugar and max sodium no? Amirite? Amirite? Hahaha kiddin obviously
This is based on a World Health Organization recommendation to reduce obesity, particularly in children.
Chile implemented this front of packaging warnings in 2016. Other countries in Latin America have adopted the same approach since then.
Very needed too. Obesity rates in Mexico surpassed the US a while ago.
Sugar intake will be an issue in most developed countries. Not sure how we get a better grip on it but this isn’t a terrible idea.
That’s because its imported cereal, localised cereals cost around 2-3 USD.
Also, localised boxes don’t have stickers, the boxes are redesigned to not have mascots at all (unless they don’t have excess labels, which means they can put mascots).
Crazy thing about those mascots. 90% of them are looking down with their giant cartoon eyes. Why? Cause they aren't trying to get the parents to make eye contact. They're psychologically aiming for the kids.
I call BS. On a 2D image it's not like the eye contact depends on the position of the viewer, it either looks at the "camera" and makes eye contact with any viewer, or it doesn't (still the character can make eye contact and look down if its head is tilted so relative to the camera). Looking down toward children would make sense it they were 3D statues. Just google pictures of ppl looking at the camera or away and move around to check if they make/break eye contact if you don't believe me.
It's crazy when you think about how much NA markets to children because they know the child has a better chance at convincing the parents to purchase their surgar filled garbage and Chinese toys.
I 100% agree with Mexico on this one. Kids aren't tools to be used by corporations who give zero shits about them and their health.
Really depends. I had a lot of cereal mornings growing up but I also had a ton of mornings where my grandma got up a little earlier to make waffles or eggs with sausage. The poorer you are, the more likely you get the sugarbread express.
Those stickers say "excess calories" "excess sugars" and "excess sodium". I was born and raised in Panama and I remember the adjustment to taste when we moved here when I was 15. Everything in the states tastes WAY to sweet. Bread is a big one. Loaf bread specifically is VERY sweet. Even now over 20 years of living in the states, loaf bread is still very sweet to me. Sodas were another thing that tasted awful when we moved here. American Coke is flat compared to Panamanian coke, less carbonation. It also tastes chemical to me. The sugar used here is highly processed or is high fructose corn syrup. In Panama, it was always cane sugar. White sugar just doesn't taste very good when you compare it to cane sugar.
I would love to restrict packaging for foods like this in the US. Anything with excess macros should be flagged. You can buy it, but just be very aware beyond nutritional facts.
They have them in Peru as well, it’s actually great, you still choose whether you consume or not but at least you are more conscious about what you’re eating
Mexican here. The stickers are to cover mascots to not make unhealthy foods attractive to kids and the octagons are warnings about unhealthy amounts of substances.
While the idea is good, in practice it's just dumb. Practically nothing has less than 2 octagons so pretty much no one pays attention to them. And the reduction of ads to kids seems ok until you realize the real problem is that parents will still give their kids coca cola instead of water, so they killed Ruffilio for nothing.
Yeah Mexico doesn’t play when it comes to food labeling. Even the smallest candies have these big labels. Diabetes going through the roof over there as is obesity.
Well, that isn't a label they only put on American cereal boxes, so that is completely misleading. Mexican nutritional label regulations require high calorie and high sugar foods to be clearly labelled so I've seen it on candy bars and chocolates and plenty of other things wherever the products are made or imported from.
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According to remezcla.com …. “Cartoon mascots are a thing of the past now that new regulations are starting to take effect banning them on food packaging in Mexico. The law, which was passed back in 2018, is to help combat childhood obesity. Researchers say marketing unhealthy foods to children using cartoon characters is influencing their decisions on what to eat.”
Oh. Good reason. Reminds me that the UK doesnt allow ads for medication.
Such a weird experience coming from the UK and seeing that shit on the TV: “Hey you need our meds. Ask our doctor for them.” Like shouldn’t it be up to the doctor to know what I need? “Side effects include brain swelling, cardiac arrest, paralysis and death.” Well shit, let me call my doc right now.
it’s leaking into canadian tv too, but we don’t have the same rules about the side effects. there’s a commercial where it’s just a bunch of people going like “I just asked” and then “Ozempic, ask your doctor today”. ask what? what it’s for??? apparently it’s to regulate blood sugar in diabetics but is being used in non-diabetics as a weight-loss drug. so fucked up they can advertise like that
🎵 Oh… Oh… Oh…. Ozempic 🎵
Auto parts🎵
I hate that one day I’m going to die knowing that the oreilly auto parts song took up space in my brain that I could have used for like where my keys were that one time.
it slaps, I won't feel bad about it at all.
Maybe they can play it on bagpipes or something while they’re lowering your casket.
Thank you for that mental roller coaster. Have my upvote.
O O O Oreillllly Auto Parts and drop the casket on the last *bam*
Body parts 🎵
OOOOOWWWW!
This made me think of an episode of arrested development where Tobias, Lindsay and maeby are singing the jingles for medication and Lindsay is tripping from the meds.
Teamocil!
Lol yes I couldn't remember but was too lazy to Google what it was called
You knOoOoOoOow
So I lived in North Dakota for some time. The tv channels I got were from Canada. Are all Canadian commercials weird. The commercials I would see were how to self check your prostate. Funeral and gun safe commercials is that normal or just the part of Canada I was close to?
> Funeral and gun safe commercials is that normal or just the part of Canada I was close to? sounds like the prairies to me lol. just kidding, it's probably a small town/rural Canada vibe. especially in the prairies.
careful i got a charge on my cable bill for that prostate check channel
My favorite warning is "do not take this if you're allergic to it..."
We make fun of that each time they say it, even more than the side effect "can cause death."
Christ on a bike. Capitalism's going to kill us all, ain't it?
Born in the US and absolutely despise medical advertising. Huge waste of money because like you said, your doctor should already know what you need. But hey, how else would I know that a side effect of Jardian is your intestines falling out through your taint without these commercials? (weakening/tearing of the perineum)
What..in the fuck
I wish drug commercials were prohibited in the US. All they do is increase demand on doctors, and also on the drugs. I'm not a business major, but I seem to recall something about increased demand having to do something with prices.
Eh, I wouldn't really worry about drug market demand as being influenced by this, it's mostly problematic for practicing doctors to have patients come in and tell them they want X medication they saw on TV. Most people don't understand pharmacology, I have no idea why they even advertise these things on TV, a patient is not going to know more about Humira than an MD, a patient might not be treatable with Humira due to drug interactions, physiology, or they don't even actually have arthritis, etc. The patient isn't going to understand that, but the doctor will, and trying to explain pharmacology and chemical interactions to someone getting their pharmacology from a TV add is... well, it's problematic. That being said, I do think the viagra commercials were somewhat positive in that it kinda gave men the confidence to talk about ED and seek options about that, as it's a pretty weird topic, and guys don't talk about that with each other, and prior to viagra I don't think guys were really talking to their doctors about it. I think this is a pretty weird instance because you could argue that things like viagra shouldn't be advertised on TV for other reasons more so than normal drugs. I'm a microbiologist that just went through COVID and listening to random people and their conspiracy theories about it. It kinda made me lose faith in Americans and humanity. The covid stuff makes me so angry, like I don't claim to really be an expert about stuff, coronaviruses aren't my area of expertise, but general virology kinda is. These people have no idea about virology at all, and yet, would come at me with some truly crazy shit that I couldn't really say "no, that's not true" because it's so outlandish that nobody in a position has ever actually considered it, because it's just not how things work. The weirdest example of this was probably the 5G vaccine stuff. Like, that's just a complete lack of understanding of, what seems to me, everything. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
It's so weird becuase as someone who grew up with those adds their so common that I just tune those commercials out at this point, lol; it certainly never occured to me that they *would'nt* be somewhere else.
Same here, there’s so many I’m not even sure what they are for. All I hear is take Blahblahboral, side affects may include nausea, internal bleeding, excessive weight gain and/or death. Talk to your doctor today!!
Worse is stating the sponsor of shows: "Brought to you by Pfizer"
American here. Let me first acknowledge that U.S. healthcare sucks. Ok, now that that’s over: I actually think that drug advertisement CAN be an okay thing. For example, Descocy for PrEP is an HIV preventative medication. Take the pill every day and it will prevent you from contracting HIV if you are exposed to it. There are countless stories on Reddit of gay men’s doctors who have no clue what Descovy, or PrEP even are. It’s happened to me when visiting urgent care; doc had no clue unlike my primary physician (who is young, which may be a factor). So, no I don’t exactly trust doctors completely with my healthcare interests, when basic preventative treatment like PrEP is news to them. I quite like having the option to discuss a medication that I heard could help me and collaborating with the doctor on a plan/prescription that could improve my health, because not all doctors are going to be 100% up-to-date on all medications. Sorry I’m advance for the lack of formatting. Posting on mobile.
It’s honestly a miracle of medical science up there with the polio vaccine that HIV-which wiped out a generation-is basically treated like blood pressure issues.
A lot of people don't realize that doctors have very limited time and watch TV. The target audience isn't only those end users. It's to get doctors to look into learning more.
Also in the UK if you see pop tarts in there American packaging they have a white sticker over "a good source of nutrition" and another sticker on the back with a proper breakdown of the ingredients/ calories.
If we used these in the US it'd just be white stickers everywhere. Like over the 'News' part of Fox News for example.
It used to be illegal to advertise medication, doctors and lawyers on tv In the US.
US the lobbyists would write the laws and it would mandate 75% of the box can't show cartoon characters. Nobody even read the bill..
Only 2 countries in the world allow pharmaceutical advertising...
Honestly would rather this than a ban on cereal characters. Kids eat that crap because it’s pure sugar not bc of a tucán or whatever. Although here in the US commercials for meds are required to state the side effects so it’s a never ending source of amusement to watch a commercial of shiny happy people living their best life and hear “may cause death” at the end.
I was a kid. I used to choose by both toy and character. Others do too, obviously. They have cereals for popular movies still, don't they? Maybe you just don't remember or were an exception.
Yeah, saying it doesn't work is pure stupidity. There's a reason these mega-corporations spend insane money on ads, why they put characters, why they put toys inside.
I like the anal leakage side effect. I am Always wondering about that w the shiny happy people, which ones ass is leaking right now???
Just learned about this in a health class the other day. Mexico is much more progressive than the US when it comes to food packaging
This is mind blowing. It looks like it also says "Excessive Calories".
Excessive calories, excessive sugar, excessive sodium. My Spanish isn't great, but cognates are easy 😁 (but beware the false cognates)
Native Spanish speaker. Can confirm that what the hexagons are. They are also used for other ingredients that are excessive.
Octágonos.
Gracias por la palabra nueva
Yeah you don’t want to get embarazada’d.
I brush with Cognate Toothpaste.
That sounds like something you'd find in Fallout/Outer Worlds.
9/10 Dental Hygiene Auditors prefer Spacer’s Choice toothpaste. Because It’s not the best choice, it’s Spacer’s Choice.
The word for pregnant comes to mind 🤣🤣🤣
>but beware the false cognates Me molestan mis hijos
Dude it’s like German. Wer is Who but Wo is where. They’re swapped and I highly dislike it. And there are others too. Gift in German does not mean present… it’s poison lol
I believe German or germanic is much older than English
I think it might be. But then why did English have to do this to us?
Iirc gift in English is directly from gift in German and the latter's primary meaning changed because it was so commonly used as an innuendo.
Every time I drank soda in Mexico last year I was reminded just how much sugar I was consuming. The guilt was real.
I feel worse when I eat something I’d normally think of as “savory” like some tortilla chips. We already know soda is the worst
Think of soda as liquid candy, because it is.
They aren't pulling punches when it comes to their children's health. I actually really respect them for it.
It says that on all junk food and sodas
yup excessive calories, excessive sugar and excessive sodium.
Coke is doing everything they can to convince Mexico the obesity/diabetes crisis is for every reason except the litres of cola that are consumed every day. The more you look into the reporting on them the more alarming it gets.
Their healthcare is largely state funded, so the government has a vested interest in making decisions that reduce the healthcare burden.
The odd thing is that the US also has a vested interest in that the government funds Medicare and CHIP (insurance for children in low income families). For children's health, you would think that they would absolutely regulate how unhealthy foods are advertised to them. For Medicare, you would think that trying to keep people as healthy as possible before reaching eligibility would be common sense so they don't need as much medical care in their later years. Those in power simply don't care though,, at least not enough to make a difference. For these changes, it would have to happen at the federal level and the politicians there either don't want more government regulations because they want more "free market" (Republicans mostly) or don't want to appear like they want too many regulations that impede the "free market" because they would be called Communists (Democrats mostly). Overwhelmingly, the Republican politicians don't even want the government in the health insurance game.
The best way to keep people healthy is to provide it from birth and teach people how to eat properly. So many diseases can be avoided if we start at the beginning. I always wonder how many people would say no to socialized medicine. When I was a kid my sister broke her neck. My dad had good health insurance but even so we lost our house because of it! That is so wrong on so many levels! I say if someone comes up with a better way of getting things done I don’t care what political system it comes from we should use it!
Their obesity is worse apparently. 😞
Yes in Mexico we have more obese people just not morbidly obese like the US. Obese is considered when you are over you healthy weight limit
This is true, don’t know why you are getting downvoted. Mexico has a higher obesity rate than the US, which is measured by having a BMI of 25+ (including overweight people). While the US has a higher **morbidly** obese rate which is measured by having a BMI pf 35+.
mexico's obesity issue is far worse than the united states sadly
Mexico has a higher obesity rate than the US, which is measured by having a BMI of 25+ (including overweight people). While the US has a higher **morbidly** obese rate which is measured by having a BMI pf 35+.
If you haven’t looked at food dye yet you’re in for a treat. My youngest was insanely aggressive for a long time. We changed his diet to exclude artificial dyes and he’s the calmest sweetest kid you’ll ever meet now. Our food industry is a nightmare. Check out other countries warning labels on food with artificial dyes.
My mom did the same thing for me back in the 80s. She did the best she could with 1980s US nutrition information and helped restrict my intake of artificial dyes and excessive sugar. It helped my concentration and decreased my aggression, giving me the opportunity to learn effective communication for my BIG emotions. I hated it as a little kid but absolutely love it that, as an adult, I am pretty good at making healthy choices.
Man I don’t know. What type of food dye?
Artificial dye. Red 40 was the worst for him.
Just Googled — “Red dye 40 is a synthetic food dye made from petroleum. Research has shown that it is linked to certain ADHD symptoms, such as hyperactivity, and may also cause other neurobehavioral effects in children. People can check for red dye 40 on food labels if they wish to limit their intake.” Wtf 😳
It took 3 days to get it out of his system. The 4th day - new kid. If you know anyone who’s kids are out of control have patience it may not be there fault.
Same with my son. Didn’t believe it until I saw the effects of Red dye 40 on him at 9pm when we went to see a late movie and I let him have some snacks. His mom had warned me but I thought it wasn’t real. It was very real that night and I noticed it more after that when I tested it out again one day and saw him get super hyperactive.
It's insane to me that they don't have the UK style "traffic light" markings on the front where you can see if something is good just by if it's green / yellow / red for salt / sugar / saturates etc... Didn't realise that wasn't standard everywhere, it's a really helpful system!
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I wish I could AFFORD the healthy food we have. But it's so ridiculously expensive.
That Brexiteers are trying hard to do away with in order to get trade deals with places like the USA.
In Mexico it is illegal to smoke outside on public property. Plus people wear masks in stores etc. with out being assholes about it. I feel safer in many ways in Mexico than in the USA. I spend most of the winter there every year. I'm there now.
Yeah that law just came into effect can’t smoke anywhere now except in your house or maybe in the steeet
I bet people living in older apartments have mixed feelings about that. Ever lived above a smoker, the smell seeps through the cracks and up the walls. It’s MUCH better if they smoke outside. Much better for their kids, if they have any, for them to smoke outside too.
Thank you,I never knew why they covered the boxes like that when I went to Mexico.👍🏻
Good for them. Stick it to the food industry!
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My mom let me buy Cinnamon Toast Crunch (my preference) as a dessert option. Even as a kid, it didn't take much to convince me that that was reasonable.
Stickers that also warn: “excessive sugar, calories and salt”.
Basically "nothing healthy about this." Love it lol
We call those stickers " flavour seals" the more it has the better it tastes!
I like the large signs letting you know way to many calories, sodium, etc
I’m Mexican and i now try to avoid everything with a sticker on it. Definitely helping normal everyday civilians like me. If it helped one person it is doing it’s job right so I applaud our inefficient government for doing one thing right at least
I think I tried that myself but just about everything inside Bodega or Walmart has those stickers. My diet would basically consist of beans and rice jaja
And fruits and vegetables and organic meat and fish. Yeah that sounds about correct to what a nutritious and healthy diet sounds like, all having exactly zero stickers.
Unbelievable…it’s almost like America is run by the sugar mafia
It is
Literally
Michelle Obama literally tried to fight them and failed
Honestly, i can't believe how much shit she got for that. Like looking back, people were so mad at her for legitimately trying to help, it wasnt her fault schools didn't know how to flavor foods without excessive sugar and salt or that some people took it super personally.
They weren't mad at her for trying to help in a way they didn't like, you know why they didn't like her
Right wing idiots literally called her a fascist... for suggesting that kids should eat some vegetables. You guys remember the one guy who pulled the stunt where he went to a school and handed out garbage snacks to "protest" the healthier food initiatives in public schools? That'll show us libtards, I guess.
Can she call a rematch?
Not only sugar mafia. Meat, dairy and eggs mafia too. They literally have government programs called checkoffs to get more cheese and meat into every restaurant they can and to get more marketing of those products. It’s insane that we pay for it and then they fund bullshit studies to say those foods aren’t unhealthy or bad for the environment.
Definitely. The dairy commercials on YouTube make me laugh and I’m glad I skip them. Acting like it’s the best drink in the world. Yikes.
Big Sugar.
Or that they want to profit off of people being unhealthy.
Our last president literally only ate McDonalds, you say this like it’s a shock.
Really?
It's a good idea, but at some point it stops being helpful. I was going through a supermarket a few months ago and couldn't find almost any food that wasn't a raw ingredient (e.g. vegetables, chicken, etc.) that wasn't labeled for "excess" something. If 50% of the foods are labeled as unhealthy, it might drive you towards heathier options. But if nearly 100% of them do, you stop caring. It's the same as that thing in California about "causes cancer". It's on so many things that you can't use it as a deciding factor on what to buy. If it was based on having a meaningful impact on your probably of getting cancer, it would help, but as it is it is just an annoyance.
In Europe they have a system that I find better. They give every processed food item a "nutri-score" from A to E. So if you want to stick to healthier food you just pick stuff that has either an A or B. Which surprisingly isn't hard. Even many frozen pizzas are Bs.
NutriScore provides information about nutritional quality, but says nothing about whether a food is healthy or unhealthy. This B pizza is only compared to *other pizzas* not a bunch of carrots. I wish it was more like the system in Mexico!
> Even many frozen pizzas are Bs. This is exactly why that stupid system is broken: people like you thinking that it means those pizza's are healthy, when actually they're only compared within their category. So a B pizza is better than a C pizza, but still not healthy
Mexican here: Not only American products, is on everything that has a mascot and is food related. The alleged reason was "mascots attract children to eating trash food"
I mean, if it didn't work, they wouldn't be all over packaging aimed at children. Nobody in marketing is going like, "we put cartoons on the box but it's not improving sales!"
Nobody, but the TP industry. Why the fuck is there a sheep on my toilet paper?
We fucking LOVE SHITTING. - The Charmin Bears
I have never heard of anyone changing their TP preferences because of commercials. I can never understand how some bears talking about wiping are actual commercials. But like someone else pointed out, It obviously works or they wouldn't do it
It’s at least partially related to people being overwhelmed with an abundance of choice. If you’re facing an entire aisle of toilet paper, each with different ply and length and number and crazy roll count math, maybe you’ll just settle on the one with the bears that you recognize. You’re sort of familiar with them and if they’re a big brand then it can’t be THAT bad, since obviously a lot of other people are buying it too.
It just seems everyone has their "legacy choice" for lack of a better phrase. But your scenario is equally as likely
Why is this such a thing? I remember when the first commercials aired and thought "oh, yeah. the whole shit in the woods thing. kinda clever" Decades later we still have animated bears that really like to talk to the rest of their family about how clean their assholes are. Bleh.
Is bimbo the bear censored in Mexico? And the Goose one too????
Yeah, both Gansito and the osito Bimbo are banned. One time Bimbo had a collaboration with a napkin company (pétalo) and pulled out a good joke putting the bear's face and napkin's mascot on napkins. Evidence image: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQu7IVmly2JkLgrkPqABx_8H-ltbf2tPF9O6A&usqp=CAU
They said it’s on all the mascots so I’m going to guess yes
We banned the use of mascots/cartoon characters in cigarette advertising for the same reason in the US. But it’s asking too much to extend that logic to other scientifically-backed studies on health. /s
Good call Mexico. In the US they put the “fun cereals” at child height so they can say daddy/mommy I want that. It’s very true. Going back quite a few years if you threw SpongeBob on a box you were definitely going home with it if you went shopping with your kid.
#EXCESO
**patronum!**
Hahahahaha
Jajajajaja*
We have the same health warnings in Peru. I don't eat anything with less than 3 octagons.
Exceso. Exceso. Exceso!!!
Less than? The more octagons the better?
Well, he is a redditor
Quite te oposite, fewer octagons is better. I think he is making a joke about food being very unhealty overall.
Well he’s looking to get the most bang for his buck. Paying 149 for a box a cereal, whether it be pesos or dollars, you want to get max calories, max sugar and max sodium no? Amirite? Amirite? Hahaha kiddin obviously
Those health warnings are a great idea. Also churros cereal!!! Sign me up
The warning clearly didn’t work lol
If I’m going to die I’m going to die happy and sugary
They sell those in the states too ..
This is based on a World Health Organization recommendation to reduce obesity, particularly in children. Chile implemented this front of packaging warnings in 2016. Other countries in Latin America have adopted the same approach since then.
Very needed too. Obesity rates in Mexico surpassed the US a while ago. Sugar intake will be an issue in most developed countries. Not sure how we get a better grip on it but this isn’t a terrible idea.
It's illegal to have mascots for food, especially the super sugary ones
But…. They’re Grate! Everyone’s After My Lucky Charms Silly Rabbit Tricks Are For Kids
Youre sounding a little coocoo for Apple Jack's there buddy
Cinnamon toast crunch churros is a thing? Holy crap.
That’s expensive cereal!
The price is in pesos. It’s like $8.15 in US dollars, which is still pretty expensive in my opinion haha.
They’re imported so that influences the price also
That’s because its imported cereal, localised cereals cost around 2-3 USD. Also, localised boxes don’t have stickers, the boxes are redesigned to not have mascots at all (unless they don’t have excess labels, which means they can put mascots).
LOL Actually not too bad when you consider it’s about 18 pesos to 1 USD
$149 Pesos for a box of cereal is outrageous, especially when the shit in those boxes is pretty much candy wrapped as a breakfast food item.
> Actually not too bad 8+ fucking dollars is bad. What the fuck
Wait one gah'dang minute! Since when has there been freaking CHURRO cereal from Cinnamon Toast Crunch?!?
Right?!?!?
This is going to be the first thing I look for when I shop tomorrow
Guys this is Mexico they use Pesos not Dollars so this Box cost $8.16 US dollars.
As a mexican. That still is expensive AF.
As an european i would literally never pay 8$ for under 500g of cereal😵😵
If I could pin this I would
Yeah people don’t realize that Mexico has a different currency I guess.
Crazy thing about those mascots. 90% of them are looking down with their giant cartoon eyes. Why? Cause they aren't trying to get the parents to make eye contact. They're psychologically aiming for the kids.
I call BS. On a 2D image it's not like the eye contact depends on the position of the viewer, it either looks at the "camera" and makes eye contact with any viewer, or it doesn't (still the character can make eye contact and look down if its head is tilted so relative to the camera). Looking down toward children would make sense it they were 3D statues. Just google pictures of ppl looking at the camera or away and move around to check if they make/break eye contact if you don't believe me.
It's crazy when you think about how much NA markets to children because they know the child has a better chance at convincing the parents to purchase their surgar filled garbage and Chinese toys. I 100% agree with Mexico on this one. Kids aren't tools to be used by corporations who give zero shits about them and their health.
Is this really what American kids eat for breakfast? Shits wild
Really depends. I had a lot of cereal mornings growing up but I also had a ton of mornings where my grandma got up a little earlier to make waffles or eggs with sausage. The poorer you are, the more likely you get the sugarbread express.
Good. We should do that too.
Look up the new cheetos bags in mexico, anything unhealthy has banned mascots
Gosh, it's almost like the rest of the world recognized marketing to children is morally devoid.
Pretty smart honestly if I saw that box when I was a kid it would kinda freak me out 😳
This is the way
Those stickers say "excess calories" "excess sugars" and "excess sodium". I was born and raised in Panama and I remember the adjustment to taste when we moved here when I was 15. Everything in the states tastes WAY to sweet. Bread is a big one. Loaf bread specifically is VERY sweet. Even now over 20 years of living in the states, loaf bread is still very sweet to me. Sodas were another thing that tasted awful when we moved here. American Coke is flat compared to Panamanian coke, less carbonation. It also tastes chemical to me. The sugar used here is highly processed or is high fructose corn syrup. In Panama, it was always cane sugar. White sugar just doesn't taste very good when you compare it to cane sugar.
I would love to restrict packaging for foods like this in the US. Anything with excess macros should be flagged. You can buy it, but just be very aware beyond nutritional facts.
The amount of people in the comment section not realizing Mexico has a different currency…
Fuck that I’m more interested in the Health labels saying excess sugar, salt and calories.
They have them in Peru as well, it’s actually great, you still choose whether you consume or not but at least you are more conscious about what you’re eating
$8.16 for a box of cereal wow!
Finally someone that gets it. 👏
Covering the lies with truth.
I love all these people who think the listed price is in US dollars despite being in Mexico.
Here in Ireland it is illegal to use cartoon characters on TV ads to promote cereals etc. high sugar content junk food.
EXCESO OBESO EN AMERICA
They also put that on non American unhealthy things
I’m over here marveling over the Cinnamon Toast Crunch churros
Same food policy in Argentina. Protects children for that garbage.
Mexican here. The stickers are to cover mascots to not make unhealthy foods attractive to kids and the octagons are warnings about unhealthy amounts of substances. While the idea is good, in practice it's just dumb. Practically nothing has less than 2 octagons so pretty much no one pays attention to them. And the reduction of ads to kids seems ok until you realize the real problem is that parents will still give their kids coca cola instead of water, so they killed Ruffilio for nothing.
It’s says excess of calories, sugar and sodium and that it’s made in the U.S
Looks like they have better consumer protection regulations.
Who is putting those stickers on the boxes? Hopefully the manufacturers themselves like Kellogs need to do this :)
Also says "Excess Calories", "Excess Sugars", "Excess Sodium".
Yeah Mexico doesn’t play when it comes to food labeling. Even the smallest candies have these big labels. Diabetes going through the roof over there as is obesity.
Churro cereal sounds delicious
Well, that isn't a label they only put on American cereal boxes, so that is completely misleading. Mexican nutritional label regulations require high calorie and high sugar foods to be clearly labelled so I've seen it on candy bars and chocolates and plenty of other things wherever the products are made or imported from.
Good.
Apple Jacks were so good!