by Marion Nestle | Food Politics
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A new report from the National Education Policy Center at University of Colorado, Boulder, shows that food companies are not making enough progress in reducing marketing to children. However, the report does not offer recommendations for change. To learn more about how to take action, Nestle recommends visiting our resources section or cspinet.org. Foodmarketing.org, the website of the Food Marketing Workgroup, also contains action opportunities.
by Nan Feyler | Philly.com
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Food and beverage companies spend billions each year to target kids with mostly unhealthy products. Referencing a BMSG report on target marketing, the chief of staff of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health shows how pervasive the issue is, especially in communities of color, which are disproportionately targeted with ads for junk food.
by Staff | ConfectionaryNews.com
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The bars have surpassed sales estimates by 150 percent. BMSG and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have urged Nestle to stop marketing unhealthy foods featuring the Girl Scout's name and logo, saying that doing so violates the company's pledge to avoid marketing to children.by Staff | Food Product Design
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The public health groups, along with Center for Digital Democracy, Children Now, Prevention Institute, and Voices for America’s Children, have taken out a full-page “wanted” ad in The Hollywood Reporter, calling on Nickelodeon to stop marketing junk food to kids. A new report shows that 70 percent of food ads on Nickelodeon are for unhealthy products.
by Kelly Crowe | CBC News
Friday, March 08, 2013
The documents show how the sugary industry manipulated science and the media in an effort to influence public opinion and silence critics. The tactics, says BMSG's Andrew Cheyne in a video accompanying this article, mirror those of other industries that "put profits before health."by Melinda Hemmelgarn | Food Sleuth Radio
Thursday, March 07, 2013
In conversation with Registered Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn, BMSG Director Lori Dorfman explains how food marketers use message framing and our new digital landscape to influence our food choices and infiltrate our lives. Dorfman draws upon her ongoing research which examines media portrayals of public health issues, including food and beverage marketing, breastfeeding and children‰’s health.
by Claire Chiara | The Daily Californian
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Taxing sugary drinks is a way to improve the public's health. BMSG's Lori Dorfman explains why, in spite of obvious health benefits, there is little support for such a tax and what this means for future public health efforts.by Mark Anstoetter, Madeleine McDonough | Lexology
Friday, March 01, 2013
BMSG and Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity have published a report criticizing top cereal manufacturers for targeting children with "sophisticated online marketing techniques," such as advergames, video and viral marketing.by Heather Gehlert | Zocalo
Monday, February 25, 2013
Using tobacco control as an example, BMSG's Heather Gehlert explains that effective health campaigns all have one thing in common: They go beyond attempts to influence individual behavior and push for policy changes to improve our environments.by Linda Anderberg | Berkeley Health Online
Saturday, February 16, 2013
In a February commentary for the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, BMSG's Lori Dorfman addresses the challenges in arguing for taxes on sugary beverages and advocates for continuing efforts to enact policy.
