Tag: children
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Public Health Law Fellow Calls for BPA Ban to Encompass All Infant-Contact Products
Arguing that bisphenol A (BPA) exposure is particularly harmful for young children, infants and fetuses “because they lack mature systems of bodily detoxification,” a public health law and policy fellow at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has called for governmental entities at every level to prohibit the chemical in any…
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Brazilian Regulator Fines McDonald’s over Happy Meal® Promotion
The consumer regulatory agency of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has reportedly fined McDonald’s US $1.6 million for allegedly marketing to children. Procon SP has claimed that franchisee Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. violated the state’s consumer code by using children’s characters and toys to promote Happy Meals®. “This is not an isolated case,” a Procon SP lawyer…
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Vermont AG Signals Interest in Food Marketing to Kids
Vermont Attorney General (AG) Bill Sorrell will reportedly join other state AGs for a conference on “the current state of food industry marketing to kids,” scheduled for May 2013 at Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. After introducing a Dartmouth College pediatrics professor to the Vermont House Committee on Health Care to…
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Rudd Center Report Focuses on Children’s Food and Beverage Marketing
Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has issued a March 2013 report highlighting “where children and adolescents viewed the food and beverage advertisements they saw on television in 2011.” Using Nielsen data, the Rudd Center apparently sought to quantify “the average number of food and beverage TV ads viewed by age group…
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CSPI Says Most Restaurant Kids’ Meals Fail to Meet Nutritional Guidelines
“Nearly all of the meal possibilities offered to kids at America’s top chain restaurants are of poor nutritional quality,” according to a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). “One out of every three American children is overweight or obese, but it’s as if the chain restaurant industry didn’t get…
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Senators Accuse Companies of Marketing Energy Drinks to Children
U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) recently sent letters to the CEOs of Monster Beverage Corp., Rockstar, Inc., and Red Bull North America, accusing the companies of marketing energy drinks to children. Citing “growing concern about the potential health risks posed by energy drinks,” the legislators claim that despite pledges to abstain…
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SSB Consumption Allegedly Tied to Higher Caloric Intakes Among Children
A recent study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and National Institutes of Health has allegedly concluded that sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) “are primarily responsible for the higher caloric intakes” of children who consume them. Kevin Mathias, et al., “Foods and Beverages Associated with Higher Intake of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,” American Journal of Preventative Medicine, April…
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Suffolk County Restricts Energy Drink Marketing to Children
The Legislature of Suffolk County, New York, has adopted new measures (1920-2012, 1085-2013 and 1086-2013) designed to curtail the marketing of energy drinks to minors within county limits. Introduced by William Spencer (D-Centerport), the three new laws will (i) prohibit companies from providing free energy drink samples and coupons to individuals younger than age 18;…