Advocates Call for Limits on Marketing to Kids

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WASHINGTON, D.C. A public advocacy group has asked the U.S. Senate to give the Federal Trade Commission the authority to set nutritional standards for the types of foods that can be marketed to children, and to limit the advertising of high-calorie foods to kids on television, in magazines and in schools.

At a hearing before a Senate Commerce subcommittee on the issue of childhood obesity on Tuesday, the Center for Science in the Public Interest argued that parents need help when it comes to feeding their children healthy foods.

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