Tag: children
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Members of Congress Appeal to FTC on Children’s Food Advertising
A group of U.S. senators and a group of U.S. representatives, all Democrats, each sent an identical letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Edith Ramirez calling for a report on 2014 food and beverage marketing expenditures aimed at children. They found it “unacceptable” that FTC “is not actively working on projects focused on food…
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Youth Sports Legislation Calls for Energy Drink Guidelines
Recent legislation (S.B. 2718) introduced by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) has called for energy drink guidelines as part of a wider initiative to ensure children’s safety in athletics. According to a September 8, 2014, press release, the Supporting Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect the Lives of Athletic…
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New York City Bill Seeks to Restrict Incentives in Kids’ Meals
New York City Council Member Benjamin Kallos (D-Upper East Side) has introduced legislation (442-2014) that would allow toy giveaways, digital rewards and other incentives only in children’s meals that meet strict nutritional requirements. If adopted, the Healthy Happy Meals Act would define “incentive item” as (i) “any toy, game, trading card, admission ticket or other…
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Consumer Reports Challenges FDA’s Fish Intake Recommendations
In its October 2014 issue, Consumer Reports will publish an analysis of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) data that supported the agency’s recommendations for fish intake by pregnant women and children, released jointly as draft guidance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014. The magazine compiled a list of low-mercury—including…
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Study Claims SSBs Consumed During Adolescence Could Impair Memory
An animal study presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) held July 29-August 1, 2014, in Seattle, Washington, has reportedly claimed that “daily consumption of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or sucrose can impair the ability to learn and remember information, particularly when consumption occurs during…
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Food Marketing Workgroup Targets Lunchables
The Food Marketing Workgroup (FMW) has sent a July 16, 2014, letter to Kraft Foods Group, Inc., questioning how the company purportedly markets its Lunchables product line to children. Signed by Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Director of Marketing Initiatives Jennifer Harris and Center for Science in the Public Interest Director of Nutrition…
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Mexico Implements Food and Beverage Ad Restrictions
The Mexican Ministry of Health has reportedly announced new restrictions on food and beverage advertisements aired during TV programs and movies viewed by children. Part of its National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes, the new rules will prohibit the marketing of sugar-sweetened beverages, snacks, confectionery, and chocolate on both…
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Children’s TV Allegedly Promotes Unhealthy Diet
A recent study asserts that even when children’s TV programs are free of product advertisements, they still include positive cues for unhealthy food and beverages. Paul Scully, et al., “Food and beverage cues in UK and Irish children-television programming,” Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2014. Researchers with the University of Limerick Graduate Entry Medical…