Michelle Obama: Marketing Can Make America Healthier
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I don't think I ever could have imagined that, as first lady, I would appear in an episode of Billy on the Street to promote fruits and vegetables and would [...]
Dora the Explorer Hawks Junk Food to Kids Like a Drug Pusher in New Ad
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Food advocates are back with a new ad slamming Nickelodeon for accepting ads for junk food. The ad from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and five other [...]
Ferrero, Cartoon Net Pledge to Limit Food Marketing to Kids
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The government may not be able to regulate food marketing to children, but it may not have to.
Legislation Would Use Tax Code to Stop Junk Food Ads Targeting Kids
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The debate in Washington over which foods should or should not be marketed to children is far from over. And with Congress getting serious about taking up tax reform, there [...]
Senators Urge Nick to Stop Airing Junk Food Ads to Kids
Nickelodeon is in the cross-hairs of food and nutrition advocates again, who have convinced four Democratic Senators to fire off a letter to the Viacom-owned net urging it to stop [...]
FTC Reports Food Marketing to Children Down 19.5%
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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- [...]