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Coca-Cola Makes Global Pledge to Not Target Kids Under 12 Can new anti-obesity pledge reduce soda's fat image?

It hasn't been a great year for soda makers. Accused of being one of the major causes of obesity, food nutritionists have all but declared war via campaigns that mocked…

May 8, 2013, 4:55 PM EDT

Bayer Threatened With Lawsuit Over Marketing for One A Day Claims vitamins will prevent disease, CSPI says

Bayer could be facing multiple lawsuits over disease-preventing claims for its One A Day multivitamins. Warning that it might sue Bayer, the Center for Science in the Public Interest laid…

May 6, 2013, 2:34 PM EDT

Ad Blasts Nickelodeon for Airing Junk Food Spots Group says Nick should adopt nutrition policies like Disney and Ion

For nutritionists, when it comes to advertising junk food to kids, Nickelodeon is public enemy No. 1. Or, as the Center for Science in the Public Interest put it in…

March 14, 2013, 11:44 AM EDT

Nutrition Advocates Blast Marketing of Girl Scouts' Newest Cookie Mango Crème touted as 'delicious new way to get your vitamins'

Nutrition advocates chose National Girl Scout Cookie Day to take the organization to task for marketing the organization's newest cookie as "a delicious new way to get your vitamins." "It's bad…

February 8, 2013, 12:36 PM EST

Taco Bell Pulls Ad Following Twitter Complaints Spot jokes disparagingly about bringing a veggie tray to a sports party

Pressured by nutrition advocates, a Taco Bell spot that joked bringing a vegetable tray to a sports party is "like punting on fourth and one" was pulled today. Instead, the…

January 28, 2013, 2:26 PM EST

FTC Reports Food Marketing to Children Down 19.5% Commission urges holdout companies and media to self-regulate

Nutrition watchdogs should be pleased. Food companies are spending less money marketing to children and youth, a new Federal Trade Commission report found. Compared to 2006, food marketing targeting 2-…

December 21, 2012, 1:06 PM EST

Nutrition Watchdog Urges Beyoncé to Drop Pepsi Deal Or donate proceeds to treat diabetes, obesity, etc.

A nutrition watchdog urged Beyoncé Knowles to rethink her $50 million deal with Pepsi as the soft drink's "brand ambassador." In a letter to the pop star, the Center for Science…

December 18, 2012, 3:32 PM EST

Nick Targeted in Fight Over Food Marketing Guidelines Kiddie net defends itself, citing anti-obesity programs like Birdseye

Now that President Obama has been re-elected, a fight in Washington is heating up again over the effect of food marketing guidelines on curbing childhood obesity. Targeting Nickelodeon, the Food…

December 3, 2012, 3:34 PM EST

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Oct. 5-12 Alcohol gets fantastical, Heinz welcomes winter, and Jordan Brand freezes L.A. in its tracks

This week, DDB hijacked the #FirstWorldProblems hashtag for a good cause, polar bears wanted you to skip the Coca-Cola, and your family could never love you as much as HBO…

October 12, 2012, 10:01 AM EDT

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