The Globe and Mail At Etobicoke’s Thistletown Collegiate, students learn about healthy eating by growing and cooking their own food. This is part of the school’s approach to tackling childhood obesity. Read more here…
Hill Times Sen. Nancy Greene Raine, centre, holds a press conference in Ottawa on Sept. 28, 2016, after introducing Bill S-228, the Child Health Protection Act, with Manuel Arango, director of health policy and advocacy at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and Corinne Voyer, director of Coalition québécoise sur la problématique du poids. […]
CBC News Children influenced by advertising for unhealthy food and drinks. Most children and teens shouldn’t consume sports and energy drinks, and the products should no longer be marketed to them, the Canadian Paediatric Society says. In a new position statement released Tuesday, the society said sports drinks are high in sugar, which contributes to […]
CBC News Studies have shown that kids may be exposed to as many as 1000 ads a year on television from fast food chains. Each child … In fight over ads aimed at kids, retailers and food makers count on Trudeau’s ‘evidence–based policy‘ promise … WATCH: Where’s the evidence linking junk food ads to obesity. Read full article…
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon states government will “take forward a new strategy to tackle obesity, including measures to restrict the marketing of foods that are high in fat, sugar or salt”. Read more…
The Tyee Big advertisers are battling government regulation; we can’t let them win. In response to the recent comment by the Association of Canadian Advertisers, a new op-ed published in The Tyee does an excellent job debunking and countering many of their claims, urges that we stay strong in our advocacy efforts, and mentions the Stop M2K Coalition, urging Canadians […]
CBC News Heart and Stroke’s Lesley James talks to CBC News about the marketing to kids landscape and the needs to robust regulation; applauding Health Canada for its position steps forward. Read here…
Globe and Mail A group representing Canadian advertisers is criticizing proposed restrictions on marketing food and beverages to children, saying that suggested changes to policy go too far. HealthCanada’s consultations on how it should approach restricting advertising “unhealthy food and beverages” to kids began in June and concluded this week. In its submission under the consultations, the Association of Canadian Advertisers said the proposals are “significantly overbroad” and […]
Radio Canada International Dr. Jan Hux, chief science officer at Diabetes Canada, a member of the Stop M2K Coalition, interviewed on M2K and the Canadian Government`s online public consultation on marketing to kids. Listen/read more…
AM 770 | The Morning News with Gord Gillies Dr. Jennifer Harris speaks with AM 770 re: why we need regulation around commercial food and beverage marketing to kids and what the research says about the effects of M2K. Listen here…
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