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Look what is being sold to kids when they are in school

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imageHow stuff gets sold to kids.Zac Zellers, CC BY

Students are greeted these days with a barrage of marketing and advertising as they enter the school year. And there is no let-up. The ads are all over.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) found ads in corridors, on scoreboards and vending machines, and inserted in the curricula through...

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