For nearly 50 years, McDonald's has been working to hook
kids on unhealthy foods.
Not exact matches
«Congrats [Liberal Party] 4 committing to take action
on restricting
unhealthy food / bev marketing 2
kids, better sugar info
on packages, also transfat regs, sodium regs, plain packaging of tobacco products.
Food and drink companies need to turn their words on marketing to children into action, says European consumer rights group BEUC, as it calls «game over» on marketing unhealthy food to k
Food and drink companies need to turn their words
on marketing to children into action, says European consumer rights group BEUC, as it calls «game over»
on marketing
unhealthy food to k
food to
kids.
Every time I pick up my
kids from school only to discover that they've been chowing down
on brownies or chocolate - covered Oreos or candy (which seems to happen at least twice a week), I can't help but think: In the midst of an obesity crisis, why are other people being allowed to shovel my
kids full of
unhealthy food at school?
Studies have shown that junk
food ads
on TV, online, and in the real world can increase the amount of
unhealthy foods kids choose to eat in as little as 30 minutes after seeing the ads.
Research also shows that junk
foods ads targeting
kids are following them online and that children are increasingly being exposed to digital media ads promoting
unhealthy foods high in sugar, fat, and salt when they are
on a device like a tablet, computer, smartphone, or other electronic device.
I believe we can and do all agree
on two points: 1) really, no one — not teachers, not other parents, and not school staff should be feeding our
kids things we don't want them to eat or which could harm them (particularly at younger ages) and 2) that there is much too much
unhealthy food being served way too often in schools.
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.
Unhealthy options are not
on the menu, tempting you to choose them, and the
kids will get to see how
foods are prepared.
Banning Happy Meals and such promotions that feed
on and strengthen
kids» desires for
unhealthy foods is in the same vein.
The film exposes this myth that personal responsibility is the only thing stopping Americans from eating healthier, focusing especially
on the health of children and the way the fast
food industry uses manipulative marketing to hook
kids on unhealthy processed
foods.