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FOOD
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2008
Report: Cereals Not As Healthy As Claimed
New Straight
Times, September 5, 2008
Marketing
Contribute to Obesity in African-Americans
AdAge, August
28, 2008
Sara Lee Sells Whole Grain Image To Teens
MediaPost, August
28, 2008
Obama
May Take Softer Approach on Kids' Obesity
AdAge, August 25, 2008
FTC Commissioner Tackles Ads for Kids ---
Official Leads Charge For
Food, Drink Firms To Regulate
Themselves
Wall Street
Journal, August 20, 2008
Study Slams IOC Sponsorship Policies
AdWeek, August 19, 2008
Crying Foul over Online Junk Food
Marketing
Business
Week, August 12,
2008
Some
'kids' meals' pack whole day's serving of calories
USA Today,
August 4, 2008
BK Markets to Young Hispanics
QSR
Magazine, July 30, 2008
Tug of War in Food
Marketing to Children
The New York
Times,
July 30, 2008
Kids get a
taste of food-related advertising online
Los Angeles
Times, July 29, 2008
Kids’
Activists, Critics React to FTC Report
Broadcasting
& Cable,
July 29, 2008
Carvel, Kraft
Join Youth Soccer Tour
PROMO
Magazine,
July 28, 2008
Kids' foods are high on fun but
low on nutrition, says U of C
Calgary Herald, July 15, 2008
McDonald's Promotes
Olympic Sponsorship with New Menu Items, Kids’ Program
Promo, July 3, 2008
Burger King Readies
Apple Fries Sampling, New Kids Meal Push
Promo, July 1, 2008
Studios Push Summer
Movies with Pizza Promotions
Promo, July 1, 2008
Kellogg Gives Some Of Its
Cereals A Makeover
CNN Money, 6/12/08
Cookies' place is crumbling to
fruit as top kids' snack
USA Today, 6/11/08
Kmart Boosts 'Incredible Hulk'
With Burger King Tie-in
Marketing Daily, 6/9/08
McDonald's Kicks Off Latest
Round Of Kung Fu Marketing
MarketingDaily, 6/5/08
Crayons to Push ‘Pink Lemonade
Brigade’
Promo, 6/5/08
Call for tobacco-style controls
on junk food (NZ)
Stuff.co.nz, 6/4/08
Safeway and Looney Tunes Food
Forbes, 6/4/08
Childhood Obesity Levels Off,
Pressure on Advertisers Remains
(Media Daily News, 5/29/08)
Korea: Junk Food Ads to Be
Bumped From Prime-Time TV
(Korean Times, 5/27/08)
Childhood Obesity May Be
Leveling Off
(HealthDay News, 5/27/08)
Cheetos Ads That Promote 'Random
Acts' Are Irresponsible
(Advertising Age, 5/26/08)
Indiana Jones and the kingdom of
fat kids
(Salon, 5/21/08)
Coke, Pepsi Vow to Eliminate
Worldwide Marketing to Kids Under 12
(Promo, 5/21/08)
Obesity concern over Indiana
Jones film marketing
(News-Medical.net, 5/19/08)
Parents want junk food ads
banned
(The Australian, 5/19/08)
Burger King Backs Jonas Brothers
Tour
(Promo, 5/16/08)
Burger King Promotes “Indy”
Movie
(Promo, 5/15/08)
Interview with McD's CMO Mary
Dillon
(Brandweek, 5/4/08)
Mars Snackfoods Supports ‘Indy’
Film
(Promo Magazine, 4/29/08)
Children's cereals less healthy
(Chicago Tribune, 4/25/08)
Group Asks Burger King To Pull
'Iron Man' Kids' Meal Toy
(MediaPost, 4/25/08)
Burger King Brands Subscription
Mobile Games
(Promo Magazine, 4/24/08)
More talk needed on junk food
ban: councillor
(Durham Region, 4/22/08)
New code on ads a toothless
tiger, say critics
(Sydney Morning Herald, 4/17/08)
Ads 'make healthy diet
difficult'
(The Press Association, 4/17/08)
Junk food ads find web home
(Sydney Morning Herald, 4/16/08)
Research: Teens Name Coke, McD's
As Faves In New Study
(Brandweek, 4/7/08)
Six Flags Announces Multi-Brand
Partnership with Kraft Foods
(Food Business Review, 4/8/08)
Study ties bedroom TV to
unhealthy habits in teens
(Reuters, 4/7/08)
Junk food ads, sugary rewards
lead to fatter kids
(The Free Lance-Star, 4/6/08)
More children are watching
junk-food adverts despite ban
(The Independent, 4/7/08)
Is TV to blame for fat epidemic?
(Toronto Star, 3/8/08)
TV ads and obese kids
(The Star, 3/4/08)
TV and Computer Limits Make Kids
Slimmer
(Wall Street Journal, 3/3/08)
Burger King Agrees To Kids'
Marketing Rules In Europe
(Marketing Daily, 2/25/08)
T.O. health officer: Ban sugary
ads that target kids under 13
(Toronto Sun, 2/23/08)
Liverpool set to ban McDonald's
Happy Meals in a bid to cut childhood obesity
(Daily Mail UK, 2/24/08)
A third of Year 6 children are
overweight
(Times Online, 2/22/08)
Fast Food Ads Fueling Obesity
Among Hispanic Kids
(US News & World Reports, 2/21/08)
Restaurant
Fundraiser A McShock For Official
Washington Post, 2/3/2008
McDonald's was right to pull plug on Happy
Meals promotion
Orlando Sentinel, 1/21/08
Call for ban
on junk food ads in games
The
Scotsman, 1/22/08
McDonald’s
Ending Promotion on Jackets of Children’s Report Cards
New
York Times 1/18/08
Pepsi
tackles childhood obesity with videogames in Mexico
The
Guardian Unlimited, 1/2/08
Schools should ditch partnerships with McDonald's
Tucson
Citizen, 1/2/08
Junk food firms use web to lure
children
UK
Telegraph, 1/1/08
Junk
food advertising ban ‘not enough’ to help kids
Western Mail, 1/1/08
2007
Fast food gets its greasy hands
on report cards (Chicago Tribune, 12/16/07)
Food companies sign EU ad
pledge (UK Guardian, 12/11/07)
Seminole students get McDonald's bonus on report cards
(Orlando Sentinel,
12/6/07)
Straight A's, With a Burger as a Prize
(New York Times, 12/6/07)
Eat, drink and be miserable
(The Guardian, 12/3/07)
Consumer groups bite back on
a global scale (ABC News, 11/1/07)
TV-hypertension link
could fan kid food ad debate (Food Navigator, 10/31/07)
CCFC to McDonald’s:
Stop Selling Sex with a Side of Fries (or Apple Dippers) (CCFC
Press Release, 10/16/07)
Nestle, Dannon
non-committal could lead to regulations (Food Navigator,
10/12/07)
ConAGra To limit
food ads to kids (Broadcasting & Cable, 10/4/07)
Market shift could benefit
kids' licensed foods, report (Food Navigator, 10/2/07)
Surroundings contribute to teen obesity
(USA Today, 9/24/07)
Junk Food Report Due in Congress (Broadcast and Cable,
9/17/07)
Burger
King Introduces Fruity Side as It Agrees to Limits on
Kid-Aimed Ads (AdAge,
9/11/07)
Another Study Slams
Food Ads Aimed at Children (AdAge, 9/4/07)
Selling to Kids - Virtually
(Channel 4.com, 9/4/07)
Kids seem to respond to licensing of
product (AP, 8/31/07)
Doctors Skeptical of Food Industry
Ad Pledge (ABC News, 8/24/07)
Poll Shows Growing Concern About
Role of Advertising in Child Obesity (Wall Street Journal, 8/21/07)
Cartoon characters labeled
food villains
(Guardian, 8/21/07)
Here
Comes 'Halo 3' with a Side Order of Fries (Wall Street
Journal, 8/9/07)
FTC Issues Subpoenas to Food Marketers (Adweek,
8/10/07)
Marketing tricks tots' taste buds
(AP, 8/6/07)
We are coming for your children
(The Guardian, 7/31/07)
Fury over 'violent' robot gift for kids
(Daily Mirror, 7/30/07)
Diet
Soda, Metabolic Syndrome Linked (LA Times, 7/24/07)
Big Food Cuts $1B in Kid Ads; Pols' Hunger
Still Not Sated (Adage, 7/23/07)
Limiting Ads of Junk Food to Children
(New York Times, 7/18/07)
Markey Says
Marketers Won't Follow Kellogg's Lead
(Broadcasting & Cable, 7/11/07)
Watching Food Ads on TV
May Program Kids to Overeat (Wall Street Journal
7/10/07)
Food Marketers Seem
Set to Unveil Kids-Advertising Guidelines (AdAge.com,
7/6/07)
Crackdown on children's ads
(Australia)
(Sydney
Morning Herald, 6/10/07)
Promoting a Thirst for
Sprite in Teenage Cellphone Users (New York Times,
6/7/07)
Advocacy Group Says Nickelodeon
Should Ditch Junk Food Ads (Emax News, 6/6/07)
Congress Will Join Federal
Agencies In Seeking Action On Food Marketing To Kids
(Broadcast and Cable, 5/22/07)
FTC Urged To Probe Digital
Food Marketing To Kids (Media Post, 5/17/07)
Harkin critical of Shrek for
promoting junk food (Radio Iowa, 5/17/07)
The Hard Sell: Marketing to Kids (CBS News, 5/14/07)
Shrek shills dietary dreck -- dump him
(Chicago Sun Times, 4/30/07)
Advocacy Group: Drop Shrek From
Anti-Obesity Ads (AP, 4/26/07)
Obesity Fear Frenzy Grips
Food Industry (Adage, 4/23/07)
Markey Wants to Put Kids TV
On Ad Diet (Broadcast and Cable, 4/17/07)
FTC Takes Issue
with Food Marketing to Kids (AdAge.com 4/17/07)
The Ultimate 'Halo 3' Accessory:
Mountain Dew (AdAge.com, 4/16/07)
KFC Generates Buzzz (NY Post,
4/12/07)
Junk food ad ban comes into
force in UK (Food Navigator, 04/02/07)
Living Well: Food biz
feeds kids a steady marketing diet
(Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, 4/01/07)
A deal with the devil:
Schools unable to alter soda contracts (Toldeo Blade,
4/1/07)
Forget Big Tobacco, Big
Food Kills (Truthdig, 3/29/07)
Study Finds Food Is Top
Product Advertised to Kids (Washington Post,
3/28/07)
Soda
drinkers consume more calories (USA Today,
3/26/07)
Krispy Kreme
unfairly targeting kids, says group (AP Food
Technology, 3/20/07)
Critics target
Pizza Hut BOOKIt! Program
(AP, 3/2/07)
Snack-Ad Attack
(Christian Science Monitor, 2/9/09)
M&M's maker to stop
marketing to kids (CNNMoney.com, 2/05/07)
Shrek Flip-flops in Obesity Fight (AdAge.com, 1/30/07)
Fruit shown on label often not in
the box, kids' food study says (SF Chronicle, 1/26/07)
Beverage research
tied to corporate dollars (Boston Globe, 1/9/07)
Burger King Sets High Score With
Its Adver-games (AdAge.com, 1/8/07)
2006
Weak-willed food makers need a prod
(Albany Times Union,
12/3/06)
McDonald's trying a new play
on PlayPlace (Chicago Tribune, 12/2/06)
Revealed: Secret tricks to sell junk food to children
(Scotsman, 11/24/06)
Call for children's
food ad curbs (BBC, 11/03/06)
Disney's PR Strategy
Unhealthy for 'Little Consumers' (Alternet, 10/19/06)
New Disney Rules Limit Character
Use in Kids' Foods (Television Week, 10/17/06)
Review Of Kids Ad Rules
Getting Messy (Brandweek, 10/16/06)
TVs in bedrooms may make
kids fat (CanWest 10/16/06)
Diddy inks promotional deal with Burger
King (Miami Herald, 10/10/06)
Study: Advertisements for high-fat
foods permeate TV targeting toddlers (AP, 9/30/06)
Industry: Updated
Children's Ad Guidelines Needed Now (Media Post, 9/26/06)
Court Allows McDonald's
Food Fight (New York Law Journal, 9/21/06)
Exploitative Internet marketing fuels child obesity
(Reuters, 9/5/06)
Study urges cutback in soda
(Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, 8/9/06)
How Advertising Is
Becoming Child's Play (Science News Online, 7/29/06)
Sodas win over health in public schools (Mississippi
Clarion Ledger, 7/25/06)
Brownback Doesn't Back Kids
Marketing Mandates (Broadcasting & Cable, 7/21/06)
Is it a game or an advertisement?
(Chicago Tribune, 7/20/06)
Food groups increase use of
internet to target children (Financial Times, 7/19/06)
Social responsibility of Coca-Cola questioned
(Atlanta Journal-Constiution, 7/18/06)
Burger King Movie in the Works
(AdAge.com, 7/10/06)
The "Other" Child
Predators: Advertisers
(ConsumerAffairs.com, 7/9/06)
Surgery With a Side of
Fries (New York Times, July 6, 2006)
Getting the Kids
Hooked on Starbucks (Wall Street Journal, 6/27/06)
Coke slots in extras to
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