Hot Dog Said To Be Condemned By TV AD

Hot Dog Said To Be Condemned By TV AD

Critics have recently charged that a television ad that links eating hot dogs with colon cancer doesn't exactly cut the mustard.

According to the Associated Press: a little boy in the 33-second ad mourns that "I was dumbfounded when the doctor told me I have late-stage colon cancer."

However, in truth, the boy and two hot-dog-eating co-stars don't have the disease, the AP added.

Consequently, it should be mentioned that drawing from background investigation into this report, the ad is sponsored by a group with vegetarian ties called The Cancer Project.

In addition, in a defence of sorts, its president, Dr. Neal Barnard, states that the video is "a way to raise appropriate concern about a deadly concern."

It should be pointed out that the ad is premised on a November 2007 study that found eating 50 grams per day of processed meats over several years increases the eater's risk of colon cancer by 21 percent.

As the AP puts it, what that equates to is about one hot dog per day, or two slices of bologna, or five slices of bacon each day.

At this stage, it has been reported that the ad's sponsor wants processed meats banished from school lunch menus nationwide. But critics say the video goes too far.

Citing on example, the wire service quotes the American Cancer Society's nutrition director, Colleen Doyle, as saying: "My concern about the campaign is it's giving the indication that the occasional hot dog in the school lunch is going to increase cancer risk. An occasional hot dog isn't going to increase that risk."

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