Cargill has launched a new initiative designed to help manufacturers improve the nutritional profile of foods marketed to children and meet a swathe of new guidelines from retailers, the government and other organizations setting nutrition criteria for...
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has taken aim at DreamWorks Animation for its Madagascar 3 character tie-ins with foods it claims are of poor nutritional value.
The Walt Disney Company’s new standards for advertising to children put the media outlet ahead of the pack, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) – and the move should encourage others to follow suit.
It was an Emperor’s New Clothes moment for the US food industry last week, when it was revealed that a major initiative touting its responsible advertising to kids actually allows promotion of many unhealthy foods. Is anyone really surprised?
Companies participating in a voluntary scheme intended to restrict the advertising of junk food to children showed ongoing improvement in 2009, according to the program’s third annual review.
Cross-promotions on food packaging targeted at children increased by 78 percent between 2006 and 2008, according to a study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy.
Despite self-regulation, food and beverage makers still contribute to childhood obesity through television advertising of junk foods, claims a new study commissioned by advocacy group Children Now.
Self regulation to ensure that products marketed towards children meet nutritional standards is working, according to The Council of Better Business Bureaus, which has just signed Nestlé up to the scheme.
Nutrition-based standards are needed for marketing food to children, which continues to be a billion dollar business despite progress in curbing the practice, says a new report.
