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The McDonald's suckling ad

by Keith McDuffee (Subscribe to Keith McDuffee's posts)
Apr 8th 2005 7:25PM

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Filed under: Nutrition: Health, Media

mcdonalds suckling ad

The word is that the image to the right is indeed a real ad used in Europe for McDonald's restaurants. Cute baby, funny angle, but some are saying it might be sending the wrong message by marketing junk food to kids. Is it so bad that kids may think, "if it's good enough for that baby, it's good enough for me?" It's not like he's sucking on a cigarette or a bottle of Jack.

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12-18-2005 @ 7:08PM

prescott said...

I think the "wrong" message the ad conveys is that it's o.k. to feed an infant McDonald's. And I guarantee the madison ave. types behind it thought a suckling baby would target moms, not kids, so the outrage seems misguided.

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12-18-2005 @ 7:08PM

panthergirl said...

UGH!!! For me, it's just as bad as having the baby sucking on a cigarette or a bottle of Jack Daniels. Totally gross.

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