posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014
This is an historic moment for food nutrition policy in the U.S. and an opportunity to send food and beverage companies the message that we won’t let them profit at the expense of our kids’ health.
posted on Monday, February 03, 2014
For the next five years, NSVRC will continue to provide assistance and resources designed to prevent sexual violence. Specifically, NSVRC will work with Berkeley Media Studies Group to uncover the most effective ways to educate people about sexual violence, expand messaging around Sexual Assault Awareness Month, help state and local partners evaluate the effectiveness of their work, and co-sponsor the 2014 National Sexual Assault Conference.
posted on Thursday, November 14, 2013
Nutrition advocates may be able to use lessons from tobacco control to help government move faster toward protecting the public from harmful food and beverage company products and marketing practices, say the authors of a new study published today by the American Journal of Public Health.
posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Public health advocates say that Nickelodeon’s practice of marketing unhealthy foods to kids runs afoul of the entertainment giant’s claim that it is a responsible media business and have called on the company to stop advertising junk food to children.