Sentences with phrase «of junk food advertising»

«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.»

Another argument against the banning of junk food advertising to children claims that assertions about causal influences of food advertising on children's diets and weight are flawed because they do not take into consideration other risk factors.

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Half of the calories consumed in America come from «junk» — well - advertised, processed «foods» that harm our bodies and provide little or no nutritional value.

Even if measures supported by the best available evidence (such as traffic light labelling on the front - of - food packaging and removing advertising junk food to children between 6 am and 9 pm as recommended in the Government's response to the National Preventative Health Taskforce) are implemented, regulation is no panacea.

The bargaining process often sees businesses taking some steps to appease government and public demands, such as putting labels on food, but not ones that communicate clearly and effectively, or a voluntary (and small) reduction in television advertising of junk food to children.

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.

Recent polling shows that 74 per cent of the UK public back a ban on advertising junk food on TV before 9 pm.

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.

[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).

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.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

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.

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

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

(My most recent critique of industry advertising self - regulation: «The Real Reason Why Your Kids Are Still Seeing Junk Food Ads.

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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

Just think about it: if you were trying to balance a very tight budget in an operation which lives or dies based on how well students accept your food, and if many (sometimes, the vast majority) of those students came from homes in which nutritionally balanced, home cooked meals are far from the norm, and if the food industry was bombarding those kids with almost $ 2 billion a year in advertising promoting junk food and fast food, and if you had no money of your own for nutrition education to even begin to counter those messages, and if some of those kids also had the option of going off campus to a 7 - 11 or grabbing a donut and chips from a PTA fundraising table set up down the hall, wouldn't you, too, be at least a tiny bit tempted to ramp up the white flour pasta, pizza and fries and ditch the tasteless, low - sodium green beans?

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

Junk food sales are a direct result of millions upon millions of dollars in advertising, strategically placed high fructose corn syrup, and prime residential space in grocery stores.

One goal is to get Americans healthier to drive down the cost of insurance, but the majority of things we advertise for is junk food.

These factors include state - funded «taste training» in preschools, warnings on junk food advertising, bans on school junk food sales and of course societal value placed on French food culture.

Because she's absolutely right that in a very real sense, school food is competing against relentlessly advertised junk food, and it just doesn't stand a chance without a lot of powerful messaging behind it.

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

Campaigners were left disappointed when the plan published last August stopped short of a hoped - for crackdown on junk food deals and advertising.

On January 1, the British government put limits on junk - food advertising during shows aimed at children under the age of 16, and by 2009, they will become stricter.

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.

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.

Hence the forceful objections by the food industry to the proposals to place limits on the TV advertising of so called «junk food» to children.

The article said cuts affected the more difficult and contentious health promotion tasks — such as regulatory policy for alcohol and tobacco and food, which requires examining industry behaviours like advertising of junk foods, salt levels used in processed food, and alcohol promotions.