To be like an Olympic athlete, eat McDonald's!

Watching the Olympics, I have noticed a series of ridiculous McDonald's ads which play on kid's hopes to be like the athletes that they are routing for.

The line goes like this:"You don't have to be an Olympic athlete to eat like one."

It is supplemented with images of famous athletes eating McDonald's; and in a similar commercial, a little girls' hockey team goes to McDonald's to "eat like the Olympic hockey team."

Really? The closest thing that will get you to becoming an Olympic athlete is by eating McDonald's? I doubt Olympic athletes even eat McDonald's at all! Shame on you, McDonald's, for preying on hopeful young athletes and trying to ruin their dreams by getting them to eat McDonald's and get them fat! That might be a little harsh, but these ads really annoy me.

Nevertheless, they seem to be rather effective especially for young children watching, who don't know about the adverse health effects of eating McDonald's.

(first published on my other blog on February 28, 2010)