Food Marketing to Children – A Health Risk Needing Attention
“Current food and beverage marketing practices put children’s long-term health at risk.” National Academies’ Institute of Medicine, 2006 The overwhelming majority of foods marketed to children are of poor nutritional quality. Three-quarters (73%) of the foods advertised on television shows intended for children are for convenience/fast foods and sweets. On Nickelodeon, the most popular children’s […]