Tag: children
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Rudd Center Launches Food Marketing Pledge Database
Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity has released a new international database designed to track company pledges to limit food marketing to children. The database currently features 16 pledges: (i) three specific to the soft-drink industry; (ii) one specific to the food industry; and (iii) 12 applicable to the entire food industry.…
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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Overrides Mayoral Veto of Toy Ban
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has overruled Mayor Gavin Newsom’s (D) veto of a bill prohibiting restaurants from offering toy giveaways in children’s meals deemed too high in calories, salt or fat. Under the law, which takes effect in December 2011, restaurants can only provide toys with meals containing fewer than 600 calories and…
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FDA Hearings to Target Alleged Effect of Food Dyes on Children’s Behavior
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an advisory committee meeting to “discuss whether available relevant data demonstrate a link between children’s consumption of synthetic color additives in food and adverse effects on behavior.” FDA plans to provide background material no later than two business days before the March 30-31, 2011, public meeting in…
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Obama Expected to Sign Child Nutrition Bill into Law
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (S. 3307), which first lady Michelle Obama called “a groundbreaking piece of bipartisan legislation that will significantly improve the quality of meals that children receive at school and will play an integral role in our efforts to combat childhood obesity.” President…
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San Francisco Mayor Vetoes Restaurant Toy Ban
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) has reportedly vetoed an ordinance that would have prohibited restaurants from offering toy giveaways in children’s meals deemed too high in calories, salt or fat. Approved in an 8-to-3 vote on November 2, 2010, by the city’s Board of Supervisors, the ordinance has the minimum amount of support needed…
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Rudd Center Publishes Report on Food Marketing to Children
Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity has issued a November 2010 report claiming that “children as young as age 2 are seeing more fast food ads than ever before.” Titled Fast Food F.A.C.T.S.: Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score, the report purportedly evaluated “the marketing efforts of 12 of the nation’s largest…
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Restaurant Toy Giveaways Face Uncertain Future in San Francisco
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has given preliminary approval to an ordinance (No. 101096) that would prohibit restaurants from offering toy giveaways in children’s meals deemed too high in calories, salt or fat. Approved by an 8-to-3 vote on November 2, 2010, the legislation reportedly has enough votes to override Mayor Gavin Newsom’s expected…
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Study Links Occupational BPA Exposure to Lower Semen Quality
A recent study funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has reportedly linked workplace bisphenol A (BPA) exposure to “[1] decreased sperm concentration, [2] decreased total sperm count, [3] decreased sperm vitality, and [4] decreased sperm motility.” De-Kun Li, et al., “Urine bisphenol-A (BPA) level in relation to semen quality,” Fertility and…