Little improvement on food marketing to children
Saturday, December 01, 2012Children in the U.S. continue to grow up in environments saturated by food and beverage marketing, the bulk of it for foods low in nutrients and high in calories, sugars, salt or fats. In spite of the threat this poses to kids’ health, the food industry has balked at adopting even voluntary guidelines to improve its marketing practices. As BMSG’s Lori Dorfman and CSPI’s Margo Wootan show in this article, addressing an issue of this magnitude will require an international commitment to healthy food marketing policies.