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Mexico Tried to Regulate Tony the Tiger. Here’s what Happened Next.

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.74.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In 2019, the Mexican government instituted a new rule that took mascots like El Tigre Toño off of high-sugar foods. The food industry fought back. And now a similar fight may be coming to the United States. Abdul reflects on the role of marketing in our food environment. Then he speaks with Nick Florko, a reporter at STAT News, about Mexico’s struggle to cage the tiger. GoFundMe to support the family of Ady Barkan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/remembering-ady

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0:00.0

The holidays are coming up and it's time to get festive, whether you like it or not.

0:04.0

To help you get the holiday vibes going, the Cricket store has brand new goodies to deck out your tree and wrap up under it.

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What better way to say, thank God, 2023 is almost over than with an ornament to remember this year by.

0:15.2

The new ornament is inspired by all the Trump indictments this year.

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And we're also bringing back a couple of favorite ornaments from years past.

0:21.4

It is jolly as you were when you first saw Trump's

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mug shop with new best-selling holiday sweaters and teas perfect for the

0:26.9

family holiday party where you know your maggot cousin is going to

0:30.0

corner you and talk about the plight of millionaires. Head to Crooked.com to store to shop.

0:35.3

America Designed is brought to you by the De Beaumont Foundation.

0:37.7

From clean water to food safety standards to pandemic preparedness,

0:40.7

public health saved your life today.

0:42.2

At the De Beaumont Foundation, they create practical solutions that improve the health of

0:45.8

communities across the country, enabling everyone to achieve their best possible health.

0:49.9

To learn more about how advancing policy, creating partnerships, strengthening public health, and

0:54.1

improving communication can make a difference, visit de Beaumont.org. Infant mortality in the United States increased in 2022, the first time in two decades.

1:17.0

The American Medical Association considers supporting single-payer health care.

1:20.4

Health Care Activist Audibarkin dies of complications of ALS at 39.

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This is America Dissective.

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I'm your host Dr. Abdul Alsayev. Saturday morning cartoons, remember those?

1:37.0

Among the many reasons I'm grateful to have grown up in the 90s was that hallowed Saturday

1:42.3

morning ritual observed by millions of

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