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McDonald’s Says Ronald Doesn’t Market in Schools — Then Backtracks
This past May, I was one of six concerned moms who attended the annual McDonald’s shareholder meeting in connection with Corporate Accountability International’s #MomsNotLovinIt campaign. (You can...
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What She Said
One thing I love about being part of a blogging community is the way we can draw upon each other’s work and resources to advocate for our common goals. That’s how I felt when I read this recent post...
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McDonald’s and In-School Marketing: The Clown Speaks From Both Sides of His...
The McDonald’s corporation has lately fallen on hard times, enduring seven straight months of declining domestic sales, a food safety scandal involving its Chinese meat supplier, politically motivated...
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Supermarket Chain Bans Sugary Kid Drinks
As part of its previously announced ten-point plan to help reduce obesity, the British grocery chain Tesco made headlines this week with a controversial announcement that it will ban sugar-sweetened,...
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Parental Pet Peeve: Junk Food in the Check-Out Aisle
Photo courtesy CSPI Almost exactly five years ago, I wrote a post called “The Kids Are Not All Right” in which I shared some disturbing research from former FDA Commissioner David Kessler’s book, The...
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“540 Meals:” A McDonald’s Infomercial Coming to a School Near You
Click above to see more quotes from 540 Meals McDonald’s has come under fire in recent years for its incursion into schools through various charitable, educational and anti-bullying programs. While the...
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STUDY: Children’s Food Advertising Increases Consumption and Weight Gain
Last May I wrote a post about children’s junk food advertising, the title of which says it all: “Self Regulation of Kids’ Food Advertising: A Doomed Effort.” In it, I described how a voluntary...
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Candy Manufacturers Agree to Stop Advertising to Kids: Some Thoughts
Yesterday, the Council of Better Business Bureaus announced that six small to mid-sized candy manufacturers have voluntarily agreed to cease the direct advertising of their products to children under...
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A Decade of Industry “Self-Regulation” and Our Kids Are STILL Deluged with...
Photo courtesy UConn Rudd Center Back in 2007, ten of the largest food and beverage companies formed the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a voluntary self-regulatory body...
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New Book Teaches Kids To See Through Junk Food Advertising – Author Interview...
If you look at the anti-obesity policy recommendations of almost every leading public health organization, the list invariably includes a ban on junk food advertising directed at children. That’s...
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