TAKEPLACE: CRACKING DOWN ON SWEET MARKETING

Saturday, January 22, 2011

CRACKING DOWN ON SWEET MARKETING

Most food and entertainment companies do not have protections to guard against marketing their sugary treats to children, a new study has found.

The Centre for Science in the Public Interest, based in Ottawa and Washington, identified 128 large companies that market food to children. The organization then analyzed their policies on marketing food to kids, and gave an F to three-quarters of them — either for having weak policies or for failing to have any policies whatsoever. Vancouvar Sun

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