Junk Food Will No Longer Sponsor Disney Programs
Junk food ads will be banned from The Walt Disney Co’s TV channels, websites and radio stations that are targeted at kids, the company has announced. Disney Co added that it is the first media company to take such action. Children watching shows on its ABC network will no longer be exposed to fast food and sugary cereal ads – i.e…
June 5, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: abc, fast-food, food-ads, nutrition, oncalldiets, radio-stations, shows-on-its, targeted-at-kids, the-first
Of Over 3,000 Kids’ Meal Combinations, Only 12 Seen As Healthy For Preschoolers
Despite promises to improve their marketing, a new study has found that preschoolers now are exposed to 21% more junk food ads on television than seven years ago – older children are being targeted with 34% more than they were in 2003, researchers from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity report…
November 8, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, food-ads, marketing, more-junk, new-study, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, obesity, older-children, on call diets, policy, seven-years
