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Anti-obesity campaign criticized for stigmatizing fat kids

Jan 3, 2012, 8:49 AM | Updated: Oct 14, 2024, 2:48 pm

An anti-obesity campaign in Georgia is being criticized for stigmatizing fat kids. But perhaps this is just the brutal honesty some people need to make a change?

Listen to Dave and Luke on some brutally honest anti-obesity ads aimed at kids

The Washington Post reports the ads are “stirring a national controversy over whether they’ll get parents to recognize what obesity looks like, or only cause more stigma for overweight kids.”

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