Sentences with phrase «junk food advertising»

Today's proposals are the result of an eight - month consultation on how junk food advertising can be limited to stem the rising tide of obesity.

The study looked at how junk food advertising can influence children's eating habits and food choices.

In 2012, Disney banned junk food advertising on all of its child - targeted TV and radio platforms.

If you look at the anti-obesity policy recommendations of almost every leading public health organization, the list invariably includes a ban on junk food advertising directed at children.

But the recent announcement by Disney that it's ditching junk food advertising for kids does give me a bit of hope.

Concern about rising levels of childhood obesity, coupled with unease about the influence of United States» fast food and soft drink companies on consumption of food and beverages in France, led the French Government to take action on junk food advertising in 2004.

-LSB-...] the recent announcement by Disney that it's ditching junk food advertising for kids does give me a bit of hope.

Limiting junk food advertising to children during peak viewing hours would be an effective measure.

Tackling obesity effectively will involve increased regulation, such as requiring clear labels on food to make sure people know what is healthy (so - called traffic light labelling) and prohibiting junk food advertising to children during peak viewing hours.

The NSW Cancer Council campaigns against junk food advertising to children because obesity is a risk factor for cancers including bowel, esophegal, pancreas, kidney, post-menopausal breast and endometrial.

A British Heart Foundation and Children's Food Campaign proposal for a statutory system to regulate non-broadcast junk food advertising and marketing to children 01/01/2008 ISBN: 978 -1-903060-45-2 - 2008

Sustain has welcomed commitments from shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth that a future Labour Government would introduce legal standards for hospital food, extend the sugary drinks tax and ban junk food advertising during family TV, for the benefit of the nation's health.

[Editorial Note: Yesterday's post regarding new, proposed curbs on school junk food advertising yielded a lot of interesting discussion.

-LSB-...] this week, Bettina Siegel at The Lunch Tray posted a thoughtful piece on why she's not thrilled with the new proposed junk food advertising ban.

So in this case, I'm giving Disney high marks for making significant strides to protect our children from the worst junk food advertising out there.

Caroline Cerny, Obesity Health Alliance Lead, said: «The rules to protect children from junk food advertising on TV are ten years old.

«Six in 10 food ads during family TV shows push junk food, UK study reveals: Report highlights major «loophole» in the regulation of junk food advertising to children.»

Money spent last year on junk food advertising in the UK far outweighs the amount Government is able to spend on healthy eating campaigns, leading to an unbalanced environment pushing us towards unhealthy choices, according to new analysis by the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA).

[63] They cite the cases of Sweden, Norway and Quebec as instances where there is inconclusive evidence that bans have been successful (see the section later in this paper on what actions other countries have taken in relation to junk food advertising for more explanation of the regime in place in these countries).

All of this is reminiscent of several failed attempts here in the United States to similarly ban junk food advertising to children, even including a purely voluntary federal scheme that was decisively crushed by Big Food back in 2012.

A food act in Peru introducing mandatory front of pack warnings for pre-packaged foods high in sugar, salt and fat and restrictions on junk food advertising to children and young people

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.»

What does it say about our society if we would rather send children to such mutilating procedures but yet lack the political will to properly fund school nutrition and ban junk food advertising to children?

In today's New York Times, Jane Brody reports on the recently released results of the CHildhood Obesity Cost - Effectiveness Study (aka «CHOICES»), which examined various possible approaches to curbing childhood obesity and chose two as most likely to help: the imposition of taxes on sugary beverages and curbs on children's junk food advertising, both measures long supported here on The Lunch Tray.

The intent of this junk food advertising ban, according to the USDA, is that children will be «presented with images and signs that promote healthier foods and beverages and that the products that are marketed will match the snack foods and beverages that will be available in schools.»

Last May I wrote a post about children's junk food advertising, the title of which says it all: «Self Regulation of Kids» Food Advertising: A Doomed Effort.»

That is to say, we absolutely must do what we can to improve our children's food environment — school food reform, improved competitive food, reining in children's junk food advertising and more — but unless kids also understand why healthy eating is important and what healthy eating looks like, those efforts may not be effective.

Junk food advertising should be banned on all television programmes aimed at children under the age of 16, the broadcasting watchdog has said.

it all boils down to common sense, still the movie had pretty visuals, and was informative, but it became ironic that most of what you see is junk food advertising.