The Couch Potato Companies are television stations/networks and video game companies.

These companies have been engineering activity out of our lives, which has contributed greatly to the childhood obesity epidemic that is growing out of control. Additionally, Couch Potato Companies team-up everyday with Big Fat Industries (fast food, soft drink, junk food companies) to target kids – bombarding the average kid with 20,000 commercials per year for unhealthy foods.

This website educates kids and parents about how the Couch Potato Companies promote excessive TV watching and video game playing. It’s very simple: If kids are watching TV and playing video games, these companies are making money; but if kids are outside playing, these companies are not making money. And it is clear these companies care more about making money than the health of children.

‘Couch Potato Companies’ is a term coined by dewey & associates, national childhood obesity and teen tobacco prevention experts. To learn more about dewey & associates' social marketing work, please click here.

It should be noted the self-proclaimed good folks at dewey & associates (creators of this website) love an occasional lazy night of watching TV and munching on popcorn, and playing video games. Our point is watching TV and playing video games should be done in moderation, not all day everyday, which is what Couch Potato Companies are promoting. Watching TV and playing video games all day everyday can have serious health and life risks for many people.

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