Ad Blasts Nickelodeon for Airing Junk Food Spots

Group says Nick should adopt nutrition policies like Disney and Ion

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For nutritionists, when it comes to advertising junk food to kids, Nickelodeon is public enemy No. 1. Or, as the Center for Science in the Public Interest put it in a full-page ad, "Wanted."

The ad is appearing Friday in The Hollywood Reporter (Adweek's sister publication), and was timed to run just days before Viacom holds its annual shareholders meeting March 21 in Hollywood, Calif. It pictures SpongeBob SquarePants as an outlaw, complete with face stubble.

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