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26 August 2015

German study finds unhealthy progress in advertising to children

By Nathan Gray, Food Navigator

New data from Germany suggests manufacturers continue to almost exclusively advertise unhealthy products to children, despite pledges to change their ways.

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19 February 2015

WHO launches tool to help countries reduce marketing of foods with too much fat, sugar and salt to children

The World Health Organization

Across the WHO European Region, children are still regularly exposed to marketing that promotes foods and drinks high in energy, saturated fats, trans fatty acids, free sugars or salt. Despite progress in some countries, government action to restrict such marketing remains less than optimal.

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4 July 2013

Making advertising to children illegal helps prevent obesity

By Jacques Brodeur, The Communication Initiative Network

The Province of Quebec [Canada] is still the only single jurisdiction in North America where lawmakers voted, back in 1976, to make advertising to children under 13 years old illegal.