Obesity

Pentagon, House and Senate committees urged to contact SUBWAY over ads

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 30th, 2004

The National Legal and Policy Center asked the Secretary of Defense, and Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to contact SUBWAY Restaurants about the fast-food chain's antiAmerican advertising campaign currently underway in Europe.

SUBWAY operates restaurants on U.S. military installations around the world, including in Europe where the antiAmerican ad campaign is focused.

SUBWAY is using tray-liners and posters in its German restaurants with the headlines asking "Why are Americans so Fat'" and featuring an obese caricature of the Statue of Liberty holding a hamburger and fries. The ad copy uses the derogatory term "Amis" to...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2004-08-30)

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