publications

BMSG's issue series

Food and beverage marketing to children and adolescents: An environment at odds with good health

Friday, April 01, 2011

The science is clear: The environments where children grow up, play and go to school affect their diets and health. In this research brief, prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation‘s Healthy Eating Research program, we show how children in the United States 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 and fat.

Food marketing in the digital age: A conceptual framework and agenda for research [pdf]

Friday, April 01, 2011

Digital techniques are quickly evolving and unprecedentedly immersive. To assess the best ways to understand these new media effects, we convened a group of scholars to develop a conceptual framework for understanding the impact of the digital practices on food and beverage consumption among children and youth and a research agenda to guide future studies of that impact.

Making the case for prevention: Basic messages for health departments

Friday, March 11, 2011

At BMSG, we work to help advocates make the case for systems and structures that will improve health. This document is designed to help health departments better explain their goals and rationale for prevention. It’s a starting point to use for tailoring messages for the media, policy makers and community leaders.

Video: Digital food and beverage marketing to children and adolescents

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Food and beverage marketing influences what products kids ask for, what they end up consuming and what eating habits they carry with them into adulthood. In this interview, BMSG director Lori Dorfman discusses new tactics this industry uses to target youth online and explains how these strategies are different from more traditional forms of marketing.

The soda and fast food industries target their marketing towards mothers of color

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Target marketing allows the fast food and soda industries to promote their products among certain groups. This marketing brief, the second part of a series BMSG is developing for the national capacity-building initiative Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE), shows how those industries are focusing on African-American and Latino moms and why this is a problem. Also available in Spanish.

La mercadotecnia dirigida de la soda y comida rápida: Problemas con el negocio como de costumbre

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Una de las metas de la mercadotecnia de la soda y comida rápida es hacer que el consumador se sienta como si el producto sea hecho especialmente para si mismo. Revelamos las tácticas que se usan para hacerlo en este documento sobre la mercadotecnia, parte de una serie desarrollada por BMSG para la iniciativa para crear capacidad nacional Comunidades Creando Ambientes Sanos. Tambien disponible en Inglés.

La mercadotecnia dirigida a madres de color

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

La mercadotecnia dirigida permite que las industrias de la soda y comida rápida les promuevan sus productos a grupos específicos. En este documento de mercadotecnia, parte de una serie desarrollada por BMSG para la iniciativa para crear capacidad nacional Comunidades Creando Ambientes Sanos, demostramos como estas industrias dirigen la mercadotecnia hacia madres de comunidades latinas y afroamericanas, y los problemas que resultan de esta practica. Tambien disponible en Inglés.

Talking about: Healthier beverage environments

Sunday, August 01, 2010

What we drink is directly related to what beverages are — or are not — sold in our communities. Water is the healthiest beverage, but many places, including schools, either don’t offer it or don’t have a safe supply, leaving people to reach for sodas or other sugary beverages instead. We can change this. Part Five of BMSG’s “Talking About” series explains how.

Talking about: The retail food environment

Saturday, July 31, 2010

How well we eat depends in large part on whether healthy food is affordable and readily available in our communities. That’s the message of this brief, the fourth part of BMSG’s “Talking About” series, which shows advocates how their messages can help improve the conditions that shape our health.

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