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<DIV><FONT size=2>The Nutrition Council of Oregon is launching a campaign to raise parents' awareness about junk food marketing aimed at children.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Did you know that the average child sees 40,000 ads a year?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Half of all ads are for food? And 97% of food ads are for foods high in sugar, fat and salt?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Posters will be going up in medical and dental clinics, and day cares around the state. Interior bus ads will appear on 200 Trimet buses beginning mid - October.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>A social media campaign using Facebook will also be launched. <EM>This is where you come in.</EM> <STRONG>We need 1,000 "fans" on our Facebook site to qualify for an official short www. page name. Otherwise we will have to print our current, long site name on our materials when we go to print next week.</STRONG> Our fan base is growing, but we need your help to reach 1,000. </FONT><FONT size=2>If you are a Facebook user, please click here <A href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Many-Ads/141588093547?ref=nf"><FONT size=2>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Many-Ads/141588093547?ref=nf</FONT></A><BR>(our current site name) to become a fan. Feel free to ask your family and friends to do the same.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Jennifer<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Jennifer Young, MPH, RD<BR>Nutrition and Physical Activity Coordinator<BR>Office of Family Health<BR>Public Health Division, DHS<BR>800 NE Oregon St., Ste. 825<BR>Portland, OR 97232<BR>telephone: (971) 673-0245<BR>fax: (971) 673-0240<BR>jennifer.l.young@state.or.us </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>