Senators urge Nickelodeon to stop airing junk food ads to kids
by Katy Bachman | Ad Week
Monday, June 10, 2013
by Katy Bachman | Ad Week
Monday, June 10, 2013
by Marion Nestle | Food Politics
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A new report from the National Education Policy Center at University of Colorado, Boulder, shows that food companies are not making enough progress in reducing marketing to children. However, the report does not offer recommendations for change. To learn more about how to take action, Nestle recommends visiting our resources section or cspinet.org. Foodmarketing.org, the website of the Food Marketing Workgroup, also contains action opportunities.
by Nan Feyler | Philly.com
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Food and beverage companies spend billions each year to target kids with mostly unhealthy products. Referencing a BMSG report on target marketing, the chief of staff of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health shows how pervasive the issue is, especially in communities of color, which are disproportionately targeted with ads for junk food.
by Staff | ConfectionaryNews.com
Thursday, March 14, 2013
by Staff | Food Product Design
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The public health groups, along with Center for Digital Democracy, Children Now, Prevention Institute, and Voices for America’s Children, have taken out a full-page “wanted” ad in The Hollywood Reporter, calling on Nickelodeon to stop marketing junk food to kids. A new report shows that 70 percent of food ads on Nickelodeon are for unhealthy products.
by Kelly Crowe | CBC News
Friday, March 08, 2013
by Melinda Hemmelgarn | Food Sleuth Radio
Thursday, March 07, 2013
In conversation with Registered Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn, BMSG Director Lori Dorfman explains how food marketers use message framing and our new digital landscape to influence our food choices and infiltrate our lives. Dorfman draws upon her ongoing research which examines media portrayals of public health issues, including food and beverage marketing, breastfeeding and children‰’s health.
by Claire Chiara | The Daily Californian
Sunday, March 03, 2013
by Mark Anstoetter, Madeleine McDonough | Lexology
Friday, March 01, 2013
by Heather Gehlert | Zocalo
Monday, February 25, 2013