Sentences with phrase «marketing of junk food»

Days after receiving several campaign checks from the food lobby last May, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who is up for re-election this year, sent a letter raising concerns about the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to develop voluntary guidelines aimed at toning down the marketing of junk food to kids.

Or how the food industry killed purely voluntary federal guidelines to rein in the marketing of junk food to children?)

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I share her concern that health advocates will focus too much on marketing healthy snacks to kids instead of taking steps to end the marketing of junk food to kids.

And remember the recent, landmark inter-agency effort to issue voluntary guidelines on the marketing of junk food to kids?

Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama and the USDA made headlines by announcing a proposal to ban the marketing of junk food and sugary beverages on school campuses.

Fiona Kendrick, Chair and CEO of Nestlé (UK and Ireland), has been awarded a damehood in the New Year Honours for «services to obesity», in the words of Private Eye magazine, which highlights its marketing of junk foods and lobbying against policies to reduce obesity.

Not exact matches

Expect to see more of these one - off junk - food drone deliveries next year as big fast - food companies like Chipotle (cmg) and Domino's Pizza use them as marketing stunts.

A number of companies that use sugar replacements market themselves as «healthy» versions of junk food.

YummyHealth ®, a provider of better - for - you snacks that taste just as good as regular junk food, announced today that it will partner with the «Caring for Kids» program sponsored by Pro Football Legends, the commercial marketing arm of the NFL Alumni Association (NFLA).

Again, food manufacturers have caught notice and brought all sorts of low - carb junk foods to the market.

Ridding the school of junk - food marketing and vending machines?

The main criticisms of the government's measures have largely centred on the voluntary action by the food and drink industry and the absence of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.

One aspect of the responsible marketing and consumption argument is that, unlike tobacco, junk foods can be enjoyed in moderation without causing undue harm to children or adults.

The government's measures, centred on the sugar tax announced by George Osborne in March, rely on voluntary action by the food and drink industry and are shorn of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.

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In addition, the MomsRising members have helped get every child in elementary, middle school and high school access to healthier foods in school, as well as get junk food marketing out of the schools so that kids have healthier food options while they are in school.

The USDA received a significant number of comments seeking to also ban marketing by companies selling «copycat» snacks in schools, i.e., Smart Snacks - compliant versions of junk food available in supermarkets.

She writes: In order to prevent co-marketing of junk foods in schools, the USDA can include in its rule for local school wellness policy implementation a definition of marketing that includes product packaging and an express exclusion of copycat snacks.

-LSB-...] USDA received a significant number of comments seeking to also ban marketing by companies selling «copycat» snacks in schools, i.e., Smart Snacks - compliant versions of junk food available in supermarkets.

The following two provisions would effectively prevent co-marketing of junk food in schools via copycat snacks: 210.30 (b)(1) Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodfood in schools via copycat snacks: 210.30 (b)(1) Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodFood and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodFood and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the product.

In 2010 I told you about a new $ 25 million ad campaign, sponsored by carrot growers, to attract kids to baby carrots through the use of junk food - style packaging and marketing.

The evolution of Oreo marketing shows how foodmakers help Americans feel good about eating junk food.

Ridding the school of junk - food marketing and vending machines?

I like the idea of the convenience, too, but the whole junk food marketing struck me as silly.

The Committee also recommends that the State party introduce higher taxes on junk foods and sugary drinks and consider adopting strict regulations on the marketing of such products, while ensuring improved access to healthy diets.

THE CUPCAKES ARE SAFE: The Department of Agriculture does not intend its proposed rules on the marketing or sale of junk foods in schools to prohibit class treats, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a hearing held by the House appropriations agriculture subcommittee Friday.

With so many of the competitive foods and beverages allowed in schools even under the new nutrition guidelines simply being reformulated junk foods, we have grave concerns about endorsing the marketing of these foods.

I have personally come to the conclusion that what we need is a hypnosis event of the masses to help avert our minds from this constant barrage of junk food sales (lol)-- and, of course I am being facetious and tongue in cheek, but honestly... How does a person circumvent the constant sales and availability of this highly - processed junk food marketing that has invaded so many aspects of our daily lives and is so heavily represented in fundraising?

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.

The historic rise in childhood obesity has absolutely nothing to do with: federal corn subsidies which unnaturally render junk food and fast food the cheaper option for many consumers; the food industry's intense focus on making junk food hyper - palatable; the almost $ 2 billion spent each year to aggressively market junk food to kids: the growing ubiquity of junk food in outlets which formerly never sold food (Michael's craft stores, fabric stores, car washes, etc.); or a host of other factors.

The following is a summary of my talk on the recent failed attempt by the federal government to rein in junk food marketing to children, and why it's time to set a new and much bolder course to fix this problem.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

As gluten - free gains popularity, food companies — well aware of a potential marketing opportunity — turn regular junk foods into «healthy» gluten - free versions.

There is a huge amount of gluten - free junk food on the market.

I believe the answer is to remove these market inefficiencies that make processed junk food — with scores of artificial ingredients manufactured in massive factories and then trucked across the country — more expensive than organic carrots grown by a local farmer with nothing more than some manure and sunlight.

Sadly, many health - conscious people fear Mother Nature's traditional foods because of the widespread marketing of Father Technology's processed, packaged and fast foods, including soy and other junk foods tricked out as «health foods.»

Ridding the school of junk - food marketing and vending machines?

There are plenty of low - carbohydrate junk foods on the market that are not good for your body.

Be careful of junk that is disguised as health food with labels like «natural» and other trick marketing buzzwords.

As Jeff says, (paraphrasing from memory) «Regardless of what the marketing says, if the numbers show that oil is worse than sugar, then oil is junk food.»

The Focus: Understanding the politics of food, taxes on junk food, marketing claims, revolving door of government and lobbyists, and effective strategies to create change in food policy and safety.

You don't have to shop at the Whole Foods Market (where you can easily overindulge on all their varieties of processed vegan junk food) and while organic and non-GMO products are great you don't have to stick to only these food items.

I plan to continue to be a supporter of Integrative Medicine and aspire to help make some changes around junk food marketing to children on Capitol Hill.

Marketing — Marketers of junk food have become increasingly aggressive and clever.

There are so many types of «health bars» on the market today, how do you know if you're actually buying something healthy or junk food in disguise?

If you're really serious about losing weight, then you'll need to change the messages you're getting on what to eat: pack away the cookbooks, get some healthy meal cookbooks on your coffee table, get rid of the tubs of ice - cream and muffin mix, watch the healthy eating channels, skip the junk food TV commercials and ignore the marketing by focusing on your weight loss goals.

Professionals like veterinarians know that there is a lot of «junk food» on the market.

Most junk foods have no chance of marketing themselves as «healthy», so they try to make themselves less intimidating by using words such as «low fat», «baked», «natural», or «no sugar added».

And to be honest, parents are up against a lot of competition — between junk food marketing and the preponderance of crazy unhealthy food flooding the landscape in combination with the media and cultural obsession with thinness, it's amazing more of us don't just completely short - circuit.