Tag: children
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Organic Grocery Chain Bans Products with Cartoon Packaging
In an effort to combat marketing to children, a Washington, D.C.-based organic grocer has stopped stocking products whose packaging features cartoon characters from books, movies and TV programs. According to a MOM’s Organic Market news release, products such as Dora the Explorer frozen soybeans will be replaced with alternatives in cartoon-free packaging. “Marketing to children…
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Fast Food Consumption Allegedly Linked to Asthma, Allergies
Research based on the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Three has reportedly linked fast food consumption to asthma and eczema severity in kids. Philippa Ellwood, et al., “Do fast foods cause asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema? Global findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Three,” Thorax,…
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Study Alleges BPA Linked to Increased Risk of Kidney Disease
A recent study has reportedly concluded that bisphenol A (BPA) exposure is associated with low-grade albuminuria in U.S. children, suggesting they may be at a greater risk for kidney and heart disease as adults. Leonardo Trasande, et al., “Bisphenol A exposure is associated with low-grade urinary albumin excretion in children of the United States,” Kidney…
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FTC Amends COPPA to Fortify Kids’ Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently adopted final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) that aim to “strengthen kids’ privacy protections and give parents greater control over the personal information that websites and online services may collect from children under 13.” Based on the findings of a review initiated in 2010, these…
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FTC Finds Apps for Kids Lack Adequate Privacy Disclosures
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a December 2012 staff report finding that only 20 percent of the 400 children’s mobile applications under review “contained any privacy-related disclosure on the app’s promotion page, on the developer website, or within the app.” Titled “Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade,” the report…
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Brain Imaging Study Focuses on Food Logos
Researchers with the University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Kansas Medical Center have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to map brain responses to food logos in obese and healthy-weight children. Amanda Bruce, et al., “Brain Responses to Food Logos in Obese and Health Weight Children,” Journal of Pediatrics, November 2012. According to the study,…
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Food Fight for Nickelodeon
In the ongoing battle over whether the government should regulate food ads targeting children, the Food Marketing Workgroup (FMW), a coalition of more than 80 health groups and nutritionists, is putting pressure on Nickelodeon and its parent company, Viacom, to adopt nutrition guidelines for foods marketed to children, particularly foods that license Nickelodeon characters such…
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House Proposal Would End Subsidy to Companies That Advertise “Junk Food” to Children
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has introduced a bill to deny federal tax deductions to companies marketing “junk food” to children. The Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act (H.R. 6599) would “amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children’s health by denying any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption…