Generation O
Is it parents who cave in to "pester power" by allowing their kids too much junk food - and not making them run and jump? Is it the makers and the marketers of top selling foods loaded with sugar and fat? Or is the Government failing by refusing to crack down on junk food advertising to vulnerable children?
No one is owning up. ABC's Four Corners follows the "food chain" to see who should take responsibility for what is consumed by those at the very bottom - the children - and asks what can be done to make them healthier. Reporter Ticky Fullerton reveals shocking new research, which adds to a collection of grim data. The nation's obesity already costs taxpayers at least $1 billion a year; the anguish suffered by overweight children who are bullied and stigmatized cannot be tallied.
03.04 People eating fast-food
14.00 Black white pictures of children in school uniforms
16.18 Colorful Sweets
17.20 Children eating fast-food
18.00 Signs of fast-food places such as Mc Donalds
19.44 Coca Cola bottles on a belt in a factory
23.54 A boy eating chips
26.05 Colorful Jelly Beans
26.08 Mars bars
26.13 Mc Donald's food
26.16 Donuts
26.21 Chocolate bar
26.26 pop corn
FULL SYNOPSIS
14.00 Black white pictures of children in school uniforms
16.18 Colorful Sweets
17.20 Children eating fast-food
18.00 Signs of fast-food places such as Mc Donalds
19.44 Coca Cola bottles on a belt in a factory
23.54 A boy eating chips
26.05 Colorful Jelly Beans
26.08 Mars bars
26.13 Mc Donald's food
26.16 Donuts
26.21 Chocolate bar
26.26 pop corn