Bid to ban ‘aggressive marketing’ of infant milk formula fails The Sidney Morning Herald Stephanie Nebehay International health officials stopped short on Friday of fully endorsing World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines to end the...
READ MORECigarette plain packs to ‘go global’ BBC James Gallagher Plain packaging for cigarettes is about to “go global” in a move that will have a “huge impact” on health, the World Health Organization says. The body...
READ MOREWhy Are Teachers Being Turned Into Marketers For McDonalds? Watch Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator for Commercial Alert, and Sonalia discuss the ethics of McDonald’s marketing tactics directed at children. Corporations love to appear...
READ MOREOnline alcohol marketing linked to drinking among European teens Reuters Kathryn Doyle Adolescents in Europe may be just as susceptible to online alcohol marketing as their counterparts elsewhere, according to a recent study in four countries...
READ MOREResearchers find nanoparticles in 6 of 6 U.S. baby formulas tested Food Safety News Cookson Beecher Recent research has detected potentially harmful nanoparticles in six out of six popular infant formulas tested. Not surprisingly, this has...
READ MOREDemanding ‘What We Need to Survive,’ Workers to Descend on McDonald’s Shareholders Meeting Common Dreams Andrea Germanos As McDonald’s prepares to hold its annual meting on Thursday, low wage workers—buoyed by successes...
READ MOREMaine Effort to Legalize Pot Would Nix Ads Aimed at Minors Public News Service It has been a long road paved with court battles and compromise, but Maine voters will get a chance to decide whether the state should legalize pot on the November...
READ MOREYouth, parents, and educators tell McDonald’s to Stop McTeacher’s Nights! Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood David Monahan On May 24, advocacy groups, teachers, parents, and youth gathered at the huge “Rock n Roll” McDonald’s in downtown...
READ MOREMarketing Coke to Kids Broken Pledges, Unhealthy Children Center for Science in the Public Interest Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D. The Coca-Cola Co. invests billions of dollars in advertising and other forms of marketing throughout the world every...
READ MOREAmberen Must Stop Claiming Menopause Supplement Is “Proven” To Cause Weight Loss Consumerist Chris Morran Last year, the Federal Trade Commission sued Lunada, the makers of the supplement Amberen, alleging that the company did not have the...
READ MOREA first look at the FDA’s new nutrition label — and 10 reasons it’s different from the old one The Washington Post Ariana Eunjung Cha The new label still retains the minimalist black-and-white, two-column look that designers have praised over the...
READ MOREMiddle-school kids see several alcohol ads a day Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Children as young as middle-schoolers are exposed to multiple alcohol advertisements every day–both indoors and out–a new study finds.The study...
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