The nation needs to do more to address food marketing to children
Tuesday, February 14, 2012In spite of high childhood obesity rates, food and beverage marketers continue to target youth with increasingly sophisticated ads for foods and drinks high in salt, sugars, and fats. The Institute of Medicine has made strong recommendations for how the food industry and government can reverse the situation, but a new report shows these groups have made little progress. In this commentary, BMSG’s Lori Dorfman and Margo Wootan, of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, call for a national commitment to addressing food marketing to children.