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Michelle Obama: Marketing Can Make America Healthier

Brand Marketing

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 [...]


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Dora the Explorer Hawks Junk Food to Kids Like a Drug Pusher in New Ad

Brand Marketing

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 [...]

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Ferrero, Cartoon Net Pledge to Limit Food Marketing to Kids

Brand Marketing

The government may not be able to regulate food marketing to children, but it may not have to.

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Legislation Would Use Tax Code to Stop Junk Food Ads Targeting Kids

Brand Marketing

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 [...]

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Senators Urge Nick to Stop Airing Junk Food Ads to Kids

Convergent TV

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 [...]

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FTC Reports Food Marketing to Children Down 19.5%

Brand Marketing

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- [...]