Not exact matches
The group noted some
of its most notable interventions in the last year, this included ensuring responsible alcohol
ad targeting, as well as gambling and
junk food restrictions.
In the UK, which faces exactly the same issue, the Academy
of Medical Royal Colleges has put out a demand for a 20 % tax on fizzy drinks, a strict limit on fast
food outlets near schools and other places where children and youth gather, the removal
of junk food vending machines from hospitals, and a prohibition on
junk food ads before 9.00 p.m.
Probably because that kind
of change is hard, and demonizing the little guy — the local student nutrition director and local radio DJ last year, or the small restaurant operator and local school superintendent this year — is easier and less risky than taking on the real «bad guys» — the elected officials, the giant Agribusiness players, the networks that broadcast all
of those fast
food and
junk food ads to our kids and also, oh yes, broadcast Jamie Oliver's shows....
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.
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Junk Food at Your Kid's School, READ THIS The Ultimate School District Wellness Policy: From Classroom Parties to
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Many
of the titles are merely
junk food ads.
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.
and voluntary industry efforts like the Disney
junk food ad ban, I've also acknowledged the weakness
of the former and the frequent corporate abuses
of voluntary schemes like the latter.
(My most recent critique
of industry advertising self - regulation: «The Real Reason Why Your Kids Are Still Seeing
Junk Food Ads.
Tens
of thousands
of schools are removing
junk food ads from their classroom.
Yes, school meals in France are indeed superior to ours, but that's reflective
of a government so supportive
of raising good
food citizens that it actually provides state - sanctioned «taste training» to all preschoolers, puts warnings on
junk food ads, and funds school meals at a far higher rate than our own government.
And the British Heart Foundation (BHF) said Ofcom had «absolutely failed to deliver», as their plans fell «way short»
of the call for a ban on all
junk food ads after 9 pm.
«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.»
Along with this explicit anti-soda tax
ad, there were a number
of ads for soda and
junk food — Coke, Pepsi, Doritos, and Snickers all made their usual attempts at humor to convince us to (continue to) eat and drink crap.