Tag: children
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Researchers Examine “Kidfluencers” and Children’s Health
A group of researchers has published a study in Pediatrics examining the “frequency with which kid influencers promote branded and unbranded food and drinks during their YouTube videos and assess the nutritional quality of food and drinks shown.” Alruwaily et al., “Child Social Media Influencers and Unhealthy Food Product Placement,” Pediatrics, November 2020. The researchers reviewed the 50 most-watched…
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CSPI Releases Report on Children’s Food Marketing
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has released a report on television ads targeting children with food marketing. The organization assessed the advertisements shown during six hours of television airing on 12 channels that show children’s programming and compared the results to a similar assessment from 2012. The comparison purportedly showed that…
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Rudd Center Releases Report on Marketing Beverages to Children
The University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has released a report on the state of nutrition and marketing for beverages targeted to children. The researchers identified “common practices that may confuse parents about the ingredients and healthfulness of sweetened children’s drinks,” including the “widespread use of low-calorie sweeteners,” the “sugar content…
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CFBAI Announces Agreement to Strengthen Nutrition Criteria
The Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) has announced an agreement among 18 companies to strengthen nutrition criteria for advertising to children under 12. Under the agreement, participating companies will not advertise food products to children unless the foods meet several updated standards, including reduced sodium levels. The standards…
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California Legislature Changes Default Beverage in Kids’ Meals
The California legislature has passed a bill that would require retail food facilities to make the default beverages sold with children’s meals “water, sparkling water or flavored water, as specified, or unflavored milk or a nondairy milk alternative, as specified.” Flavored waters may not contain “added natural or artificial sweeteners,” while nondairy milk alternatives must…
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Childhood Obesity is Rising, According to Study
Researchers have released a study concluding that rates of childhood obesity are rising rather than declining or stabilizing as previously reported. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), researchers reportedly found that although the prevalence of obesity has increased across all childhood age groups since 1999, “significant increases in obesity and severe obesity”…
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Seventh Circuit Dismisses Hacky Sack Suit Against Wendy’s
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that the Guinness World Records holder for hacky sack kicks has no valid claims for false advertisement, false endorsement or right of publicity against Wendy’s International Inc., which distributed a hacky sack with a children’s meal and challenged children to break the plaintiff’s record.…
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ASA Upholds Challenges to Ads for Alcohol, Chewing Gum
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two challenges to television ads, one for Aldi Stores Ltd. and one for The Wrigley Co.’s Extra chewing gum, ruling that neither can be aired again. In the Aldi ad, “Kevin the Carrot,” an advertising mascot, was used to advertise alcohol beverages in a parody of “The…