[tim333]

Corporate advertising and marketing to a large extent. As an example a traditional breakfast might have been porridge or some bread or eggs. The the like of Kellogg's came along and I grew up with "Frosties - they are great" on TV all the time. Large heaps of carbs with sugar all over them are not healthy. The UK government wanted to ban advertising junk to kids but Kellogg's who spend ~us$100 million a year on ads here freaked out and hired lobbyists and the government backed down. So we need the internet to counter this. I don't know if this article is of relevance to HN. I find it quite interesting.