Yes, and some ads directly undercut a healthy eating philosophy. One I saw recently (I think for a credit card) had the tag line "because a meal isn't always about food." Well, to our bodies a meal IS about food, and many of us are trying hard to make eating about hunger and nutrition, so we aren't overeating out of social pressure or emotional needs. It isn't an accident that Big Food food is addictive and triggers cravings - it is engineered to do just that.
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