Marion Nestle after the wake of the FTC’s back-down on marketing food to children
A Round Up of Latest Reports on Food Marketing’s Negative Effects
U.K.: BBC radio programme on marketing junk food to kids U.S.: consumer laws can be invoked to protect children from junk food marketing U.S.: Toys turn healthy foods into ‘happy meals’ — for more, click here India: Ban ki-moon calls upon kids’ processed food makers to act with integrity U,S,: Packaging gets U,S, high schoolers to pick carrots over cookies U,K,: Government rejects calls for ban on junk-food advertising U,K,: Alcohol giant set to ‘target children’ through Facebook Fight about the role of soft drinks at the ADA Australia: Hungry Jacks to put broccoli on fast-food menu Coca-Cola to invest $3bn in Russia, 2012-2015 U,S, ‘spends $ billions subsidising junk food products’ — to view full report, click here Scientists support the administration’s Inter-Agency Working Group on food marketed to children — click here to view Some 75 health and marketing experts from the nation’s universities call on President Obama not to abandon the Federal Trade Commission-led nutrition guidelines that would recommend strict limits for marketing foods to children — click here to view details
(Source: The Atlantic)
