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An advertising agency for the city’s health department obtained the rights to use the photo to illustrate its campaign — shown throughout the subway system — against supersize portions of fast food and sugary sodas. To emphasize that consuming too much of those foods could lead to diabetes and the amputation of limbs, the agency edited away the lower half of Mr. Berry’s right leg and conjured up a pair of crutches. “I was beyond shocked,” Mr. Berry said, recounting his reaction to seeing himself portrayed as ailing and crippled. “I cried at my computer screen for, like, a minute.” (via Man in Diabetes Ad Says He Is Shocked - NYTimes.com)

An advertising agency for the city’s health department obtained the rights to use the photo to illustrate its campaign — shown throughout the subway system — against supersize portions of fast food and sugary sodas. To emphasize that consuming too much of those foods could lead to diabetes and the amputation of limbs, the agency edited away the lower half of Mr. Berry’s right leg and conjured up a pair of crutches.

“I was beyond shocked,” Mr. Berry said, recounting his reaction to seeing himself portrayed as ailing and crippled. “I cried at my computer screen for, like, a minute.”

(via Man in Diabetes Ad Says He Is Shocked - NYTimes.com)

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Source: The New York Times
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  3. wtfced reblogged this from str8nochaser and added:
    fuck that portions need to be bigger if im payin 7.00 for a combo and i dont mean a bigger drink
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  5. str8nochaser reblogged this from ilovefat and added:
    This is so awful
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