Fear Factor Host Takes Ultimate Challenge By Submerging Himself in Chocolate Milk Tank
Photo below: Joe Rogan Becomes Newest Milk Mustache Celebrity
Photo courtesy of 'got milk'?®
LOS ANGELES, Aug 23, 2002/ FW/ --- What's more frightening than jumping out of a helicopter or walking a tightrope
high above the city?
Not drinking enough milk, of course. Joe Rogan, host of
NBC's hit show Fear Factor, doesn't underestimate the power of drinking
milk to help build and maintain strong, healthy bones, which is why he agreed to
be dunked in a tank full of chocolate milk to become the latest celebrity to don
the famous 'stache.
Rogan's chocolate milk mustache ad will debut in September teen magazines. Ad
copy reads: "My Only Fear is Running Out. got chocolate milk?"
The ad debuted early on whymilk.com as part of a recent online teen survey.
In order to view the ad, teens had to vote on their top fears.
According to the
survey, the most common fear among teens is "snakes, insects and sharks" (31%),
while nearly 20 percent admitted that their biggest fear is either not growing
tall or breaking a bone.
But, Rogan knows that these "fearful" risks -- like
breaking bones and not reaching full height potential -- can be helped if teens
get enough calcium, which is as simple as drinking milk each day.
"Joe Rogan's show is hot among teens and he demonstrates to teens that milk
is needed when pushing themselves to the physical limit," Kurt Graetzer, CEO of
the Milk Processor Education Program said. "It is especially important for teens
to get enough milk during the teen years because nearly half of all bone is
formed and 15 percent of adult height is added."
Milk is one of the best dietary sources of calcium and is now available
nationwide in a variety of new flavors like chocolate mocha, banana and orange.
With so many new flavors to choose from in convenient, portable containers and
vending machines, teens will find it easier than ever to make sure they "got
milk" wherever they go.
Teenagers need 1,300 mg of calcium per day, or the equivalent of at least
four 8-ounce glasses of milk. What's really frightening is the fact that nearly
nine out of 10 teenage girls, and almost seven out of 10 teenage boys, don't
make the cut.
For more information on the benefits of drinking milk and the Milk Mustache
campaign, log on to www.whymilk.com.
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