Entries by Coalition Team

IT’S TIME TO BRING FOOD MARKETING BILL TO A VOTE IN THE SENATE: SENATOR DEAN

Senate of Canada [reprint] Great Oped by Senator Dean. “If Canada’s Senate is to be recognized as a modern and important part of our legislative process, it must work efficiently. This means devoting time to providing constructive improvements to important legislation while passing promptly those bills that have already gone through due process, such as […]

A drug to prevent 1 in 5 deaths? It’s called ‘food’

CBC News A study published this week in The Lancet determined that 11 million deaths in 2017 were associated with the failure to take advantage of this simple health intervention. “We found that improvement of diet could potentially prevent one in every five deaths globally,” the authors wrote. More than half of diet-related deaths and […]

Parents being misled over kids’ snacks, says child health expert

BBC The health claims made on the product packaging for a large proportion of foods marketed to children in the UK are ‘confusing’, and could be contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, suggests research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Read article here… Read the full report here.

Sugary drinks marketed to children using same tactics as cigarette companies

Healio.com “The evidence cited here shows that these marketing techniques, which remain prevalent, were specifically designed to attract children by blurring advertisement with entertainment content in a way that is now at odds with the terms of industry-led agreements” the study’s authors said. Read here… Retweet Alex Munter (CEO of CHEO)

Why the FDA is considering a healthy icon for food packaging

Pacific Standard The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed an agency-approved icon signifying that an item is indeed “healthy.” Consumer advocacy groups like the Center for Science in the Public Interest have long argued that lack of regulation has enabled “food labeling chaos.” They say companies have been allowed to market their products using […]

Canadian food and beverage companies get mixed grades on nutrition goals: U of T report

Food in Canada Canada’s largest food and beverage manufacturers could aim higher to improve nutrition, reduce obesity and prevent chronic disease, according to a new report by University of Toronto researchers.The study is the first to evaluate Canada’s biggest food and beverage companies based on their policies and commitments to sell healthier products. Read post […]