Even as one in six Americans is food insecure, diet-related illness are skyrocketing. Today’s kids are expected to be the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents, and preventabl

Even as one in six Americans is food insecure, diet-related illness are skyrocketing. Today’s kids are expected to be the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents, and preventable diet-related disease is fast becoming the top source of healthcare spending. 

For the health of our economy, health care system, and the future of the nation, it’s so important that kids develop healthy eating habits to buck this growing trend. But as parents and school food directors know all too well, that’s easier said than done. Why? In part, it turns out, because getting kids to eat healthy isn’t a fair fight. Food corporations pour nearly $2 billion into marketing junk food to kids every year! Can humble broccoli or non-artificially-colored carrots stand a chance against those ad dollars?

Join us on Friday, November 22nd for a live Google+ Hangout on food marketing to kids and how to fight back, with Food MythBusters? director Anna Lappé and Michele Simon, public health lawyer and president of Eat Drink Politics?. RSVP here!