Our children and youth are bombarded with ads
for unhealthy products all day, every day, influencing their food and beverage choices.
But governments seriously concerned about reducing rates of chronic disease should also consider ways to regulate production
of unhealthy products, along with the ways they are marketed.
With that information at your fingertips, you can easily compare products, pick the healthiest brands, and
leave unhealthy products on the shelves.
Over 90 per cent of food and beverage product ads viewed by children and teens online are
for unhealthy products — processed foods and beverages high in fat, sodium, or sugar.
In 2010, the Dutch food sector countered the European Public Health Alliance's urge to Member States to adopt obesity taxes
on unhealthy products by saying that a tax would not change consumers» habits or their purchasing behaviour, according to the Food & Nutrition Delta (FND).
Teen Olympians
sell unhealthy products without the real knowledge of how they are shaping the food choices, health and performance of young athletes in the long run.
The company has made progress when it comes to
making unhealthy products less so, removing some 400,000 tons of sugar from its drinks since 2006, and reducing the salt and saturated fat in Lay's and Ruffles chips.
Unfortunately, no data were collected about how
many unhealthy products, or those not meeting the Choices criteria were introduced during the same time frame, to be able to evaluate the overall picture of the food supply.
In order to live a healthy lifestyle, sometimes we need to cut out our vices, but cutting out
unhealthy products doesn't mean you have to sacrifice everything!
Toss unhealthy products (chips, sugary granolas, sodas) from your pantry, fridge, car and office, advises Maggie Moon, RDN, owner of Everyday Healthy Eating in Los Angeles.
Basically, the government has always promoted junk food, and this edition is no different,
allowing unhealthy products labeled as «whole grain» to be part of the whopping 75 percent recommended carbohydrate intake, and French fries to count as vegetables.
Adolescents who are deeply concerned about their body image are more likely to use
potentially unhealthy products such as steroids and growth hormones to enhance their physiques, a study warns.
The House of Lords committee report noted: «We invite the government to explain why their policy on food labelling and marketing
of unhealthy products to children is not in accordance with the available evidence about changing behaviour.»
Heart & Stroke wants Canadians to know as far as nutrition is concerned, the kids are not alright; our children and youth are bombarded with ads
for unhealthy products all day, every day, influencing their food and beverage choices.
As adamant as he has been in his support of Valeant, Ackman has publicly declared his distaste for Coke — both the beverage, which he says is too sugary, as well as the stock, which he has sworn off in protest of what he believes are
unhealthy products.
While coconut flour in itself is healthy for you, full of fibers and nutrients, the value is kind of decreased if you just choose to top your coconut flour pancakes with
unhealthy products.
Not quite sure why so many people use such
an unhealthy product and call it healthy?
Internationally, there are now examples of taxes being applied to
unhealthy products.
The discussion about healthy and
unhealthy products is difficult and can be traced back to the meaning of «health», says the FND.
In the context of food advertising, it is not sufficient to say that misleading information is disallowed; it is necessary to address the overall picture being painted of
an unhealthy product.
Any such changes to
unhealthy products would bring an additional benefit.
But what they are really opposed to is a system that could lead people to buy fewer of
their unhealthy products.
The report assesses how junk food manufacturers bombard kids online in a bid to push
these unhealthy products.
In a report to the rights council in 2012, de Schutter said a similar accord on food should include taxing
unhealthy products, regulating food high in saturated fats, salt and sugar, and «cracking down on junk food advertising.»
Despite their participation in the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, a self - regulatory industry group pledged to reduce the marketing of
unhealthy products to children, the food industry continues to aggressively promote its least... [Continue reading]
This is a favourite Nestlé strategy as it shifts the healthy lifestyle focus away from food onto exercise, gives it things to boast about in its corporate social responsibility public relations campaigns and, of course, provides a route to target school children with
unhealthy products.
Marketing is big business and it is sophisticated... New research reveals that over 90 % of food and beverage product ads viewed by kids and teens online are for
unhealthy products, and collectively kids between the ages of two and 11 see 25 million food and beverage ads a year on their top 10 favourite websites.
Ensuring that unhealthy food is not marketed to children is one of the First Lady's top priorities; that is why it is so important for schools to reinforce the importance of healthy choices and eliminate marketing of
unhealthy products.
«Because of our nation's childhood and teenage obesity public health crises, it is important to raise awareness about how companies are using celebrities popular with these audiences to market
their unhealthy products,» said Dr. Bragg, who is also a faculty member at the NYU College of Global Public Health.
Although Kit Yamoyo has no obvious connection to Coca - Cola at retail level, Spencer argues that the charity provides legitimacy to a company that sells
some unhealthy products for huge profit while contributing to the rise of obesity and diabetes.
The prime minister needs to intervene and come up with a strong obesity plan with an independent nutritional agency that will be able to further reduce the consumption of salt, sugar, saturated fat and
unhealthy products.
New research reveals that over 90 % of food and beverage product ads viewed by kids and teens online are for
unhealthy products, and collectively kids between the ages of two and 11 see 25 million food and beverage ads a year on their top 10 favourite websites.
This is not surprising given the majority of the products marketed to kids are for
unhealthy products; something Canadians understand.
If we want to assign blame for
the unhealthy products that fill our shelves, we might start closer to home.
While coconut flour in itself is healthy for you, full of fibers and nutrients, the value is kind of decreased if you just choose to top your coconut flour pancakes with
unhealthy products.
Action figures and heroes on TV are often related to unhealthy food products, which in turn encourages children to consume
these unhealthy products.
While Big Sugar takes a line from Big T, that people are responsible for choosing to use
unhealthy products, there's a way to twist that cop out into a real remedy.
By this I mean you can see the difference between
the unhealthy products wearing a healthy costume and those products that actually are healthy.
-- In case you have a sweet tooth try to substitute
the unhealthy products with fresh and dried fruits (dates, raisins, figs, prunes, etc.).