Canada Newswire
UNICEF Canada references the debate around marketing to children in a recent press release. Read press release here…
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 Bill S-228. This is good business planning and our children and our families are counting on it”.
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 many diet-related disabilities were attributed to three factors: too much salt, too few whole grains and not enough fruits. Read full article here…
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…
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 words like “natural” or “heart healthy” without providing evidence, thereby misleading and even deceiving the public.
The City Council passed a bill forcing restaurants to offer certain healthy beverages with kids’ meals. Read article here…
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 here…
The report can be read here (English only)
Vancouver Sun
The Globe & Mail