Docwire News These results suggest higher consumption of sugary beverages is associated with increased mortality. An important takeaway from the study is that consumption of 100% fruit juice should be reduced and not just sugar sweetened beverages. Read the study here
News.com.au A mum in Australia has started a petition to introduce plain-language packaging that, at a glance, tells you exactly what you’re buying, modelled on plain packaging for cigarettes which was introduced in Australia in 2012. Read full article here…
Today’s Parent “Parents, we’re powerless against big food companies. But as a collective voice, we can stand together for the rights of our kids and speak up”. “Bill S-228 has been raised on the Senate floor four times, but the final vote hasn’t happened because it’s been adjourned all four times by request of a […]
CBC News “It’s a cliff-hanging, nail-biting ending that nobody saw coming. What’s at stake is a law that would protect children from being targeted with advertising for foods that are high in sugar, fat and salt. But the legislation (Bill S-228) has been caught in a late-stage drama in the halls of the Canadian Senate, […]
WGBH Radio piece on the shelf life of commercials. According to University of Arizona researcher Merrie Brucks, an ad we watched when we were five years old can influence our buying behaviour when we’re fifty! Listen on NPR here…
The University of Toronto Magazine Professor Mary L’Abbé, who conducts research into the nutritional quality of packaged and restaurant food, talks to deputy editor Stacey Gibson about the disturbing consequences of marketing unhealthy fare to kids. Excerpt: “We want more of the onus to be put on the system rather than the individual to find […]
The Province A great article by Dr. Tom Warshawski (Chair, Childhood Obesity Foundation) and Yves Savoie (CEO, Heart and Stroke) highlighting the bipartisan journey of Bill S-228, Senate’s delay and what’s at stake. (originally published in the Hill Times on 16 April 2019). Excerpt: “The Senate has the choice of either protecting the health of […]
Science Daily Researchers find diets improve when tapping adolescents’ desire to rebel; teenage boys cut back junk food purchases by 31 percent. Read here…
American Heart Association A label showing added sugars content on all packaged foods and sugary drinks could have substantial health and cost-saving benefits in the United States over the next 20 years, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. Read here…
UCalgary News A new study led by Dr. Charlene Elliott evaluating 374 food products sold in Calgary supermarkets shows the majority of those targeted to kids would not be permitted for marketing to kids under new policies being considered by the federal government. Read uCalgary news here… Read the study here
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