Marketing-Consumption
Aug 28, 2010
 Gender Difference In Energy Compensation Effect Discovered By Researchers
The results of a new scientific study from Oxford Brookes University show that the consumption of caloric beverages has different affects on short-term total energy intake in men and women. |
Aug 02, 2010
Nutritional Labling and Pont-of-purchase sing influcence Healthy Food Choices
Two studies published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shed light on behaviors regarding food choices and good nutrition and report on how nutritional labeling and point-of-purchase signs are influencing healthy food choices. |
Aug 06, 2010
Energy drinks a sugary drug for kids: MDs
The Canadian Medical Association Journal is voicing alarm over the increasing popularity of highly caffeinated energy drinks among kids and teens. Some contain the caffeine equivalent of 10 cans of cola "Caffeine-loaded energy drinks have now crossed the line from beverages to drugs delivered as tasty syrups," senior editors of the journal said in an editorial released on July 26. |
Jul 28, 2010
Can Soft Drink Taxes Reduce Obesity?
One commonly heard propositions to combat the obesity epidemic is to tax soft drinks. No doubt, sugary soft drinks are a common and important source of “empty” calories, but will taxing soft drinks really reduce obesity rates? |
Aug 02, 2010
Energy drinks pose serious health risk to kids: Canadian medical association journal
A critical editorial published by Canada’s leading medical journal is the latest move a mounting effort to convince the federal government to crack down on the sale of caffeinated energy drinks to minors. |
Jun 23, 2010
Cartoon characters tilt kids' food choices toward junk food
Kids think snacks taste better when popular cartoon characters such as Shrek and Dora the Explorer are plastered on the packages, a study shows. |
Jun 01, 2010
TV Food Ads Promote Poor Diets
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One of food guru Michael Pollan's rules for good health is, "Never eat anything advertised on TV." A new study confirms the wisdom of this advice, that making food choices based on television advertising can result in a dangerously imbalanced diet. |
May 16, 2010
The Challenge of Creating a Better Food Label
At a Bravo supermarket on a recent weekday evening in Brooklyn, N.Y, shopper Jamilya Shroud-Garrett looks for a breakfast cereal for her son. |
May 03, 2010
McDonald's 'Happy Meals' with toys banned to fight childhood obesity
McDonald's "Happy Meals" and other fast food snacks that come with toys are to be banned in part of California in an attempt to wean children off unhealthy, high-calorie diets. |
Dec 27, 2009
Parents 'misled' by food nutrition labels
Nine out of 10 mothers questioned in a British Heart Foundation (BHF) survey misunderstood the nutrition information on children's foods. |
Nov 14, 2009
American Academy of Family Physicians Launches Consumer Alliance With First Partner: The Coca-Cola Company
LEAWOOD, Kan. — The American Academy of Family Physicians today announced the Consumer Alliance, a new corporate partnership program, with its first alliance partner, The Coca-Cola Company. |
Nov 13, 2009
Kids Spoon-Fed Marketing and Advertising for Least Healthy Breakfast Cereals
New Haven, Conn. — The least healthy breakfast cereals are those most frequently and aggressively marketed directly to children as young as age two, finds a new study from Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The researchers’ evaluation of cereal marketing, the first such study of its kind, shows pervasive targeting of children across all media platforms and in stores. |
Nov 13, 2009
Doctors resign over Coca-Cola funding
Nearly 20 doctors have resigned from the American Academy of Family Physicians after it accepted a grant from Coca-Cola to pay for education about the dietary role of beverages and sweeteners. |
Nov 13, 2009
Scientists claim junk food is as addictive as heroin
With the rumors swirling that Michelle Obama is a big fan of former FDA Commissioner David Kessler’s new book The End of Overeating, it seems reasonable to check in on the science behind an “addiction model” for salty, sweet, and fatty processed food (an assertion at the core of the book). |
Nov 05, 2009
Smart Choices labeling program suspended
The Smart Choices labeling program has been suspended just days after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it would examine whether front-of-pack nutrition claims are potentially misleading. |
Nov 01, 2009
Calorie Count Labels on Restaurant Menus Are Helping Consumers Make Better Choices
The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society in Washington. |
Oct 25, 2009
Sugar Cereals Are 'Smart Choices'? FDA Not So Sure
Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs?
Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers. |
Oct 18, 2009
Overeating on Pocket Change
Is the corner store making some children fat? |
Aug 28, 2009
Consumers Devouring Nutrient-Spiked Foods, Drinks
From heart-friendly margarines to sugary cereals that strengthen bones, once-demonized foods are being spiked with nutrients to give them a healthier glow -- and consumers are biting, even on some that are little more than dressed-up junk food. |
May 08, 2009
Researchers urge crackdown on junk food TV ads
AMSTERDAM - Junk food ads account for two-thirds of televised advertisements for food that are shown when children are likely to be watching, researchers into obesity said on Friday, based on a study of 11 countries. |
Apr 06, 2009
The buffet effect: Food variety could make you fat
If you find yourself tipping the scales, a new study suggests your eyes — not your stomach — may be to blame. |
Jan 27, 2009
Quebec scores sweet victory in junk food wars
Quebec scores sweet victory in battle against childhood obesity. Saputo Inc. has been fined $44000 for a 2007 campaign that involved distributing Igor cakes
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Dec 14, 2008
Obesity among state's low-income teens nearly triple that of more affluent peers
Poor neighborhoods have twice as many fast-food restaurants, fewer parks
California's low-income teenagers have a lot in common: Sugary soda.
Fast-food restaurants. Too much television. Not enough exercise. The result: Low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. |
Dec 13, 2008
Banning Fast-Food TV Ads Could Dent Obesity
ATLANTA – A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads. |
Sep 24, 2008
Despite Pledges, Nickelodeon Still Marketing Nutritionally Poor Food
WASHINGTON—Despite its public statements and pledges to help combat childhood obesity, the overwhelming majority of foods marketed by the children's media giant Nickelodeon are of poor nutritional quality, according to an analysis conducted by the no |
Oct 19, 2007
Can Soft Drinks Be Healthy?
The idea of a healthy soft drink may sound like an oxymoron. But to soda manufacturers, it's the hottest trend in the better-for-you category of food and beverages.
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Sep 20, 2007
Weight Alone Raises Heart Disease Risk
A new study reveals a higher risk for heart conditions even in overweight and obese people who don't have high blood pressure or high cholesterol, leading investigators to conclude treating these conditions can't completely make up for the extra poun |
Sep 20, 2007
Pepsi to Offer New Low-Calorie Gatorade
Pepsi is offering a new low-calorie version of Gatorade in an effort to keep customers who have strayed from the sports drink in search of lower calorie drinks. |
Sep 20, 2007
FDA Asks Groups to Consider Food Labels
Next month, General Mills Inc. and Kellogg Co. will begin emblazoning their breakfast cereals with symbols that summarize complex nutritional information -- part of the growing use of logos to steer harried grocery shoppers toward healthier choices. |
Aug 22, 2007
Advertising Affects Children's Food Choices
Branding of foods and beverages influences young children's taste perceptions. The findings are consistent with recommendations to regulate marketing to young children and also suggest that branding may be a useful strategy for improving young childr |
May 28, 2007
Effect of Television Viewing at Mealtime on Food Intake
TVV while eating a meal contributes to increased energy intake by delaying normal mealtime satiation and reducing satiety signals from previously consumed foods. |
May 18, 2007
Study Links Marketing to Child Obesity
A new study highlights ways companies use the Web to promote unhealthy foods to youngsters and asks regulators to step in |
May 03, 2007
TV Food Advertisements and Childhood Obesity
A new study shows overweight and obese children eat more after watching television food advertisements. |
Apr 18, 2007
Coca-Cola, McDonald's vow to make half their commercials health-focused
Fifteen companies responsible for 90 per cent of advertising aimed at children promised Monday to make half their ads more focused on healthy products and active living. |
Mar 31, 2007
Food ads contributing to child obesity epidemic
While a tween sees as many as 21 ads a day for sweets or sugary sodas, the same child is exposed to only one public service announcement promoting fitness and health every two to three days. |
Feb 21, 2007
A Desired Epidemic: Obesity and the Food Industry
Transforming people with drugs, weight-loss surgery, genetic engineering, hypnosis and other extreme steps is not the answer to obesity, because people are not the problem. Part of the problem is the food industry, which provides us with the calories |
Dec 19, 2006
Children, adolescents, and advertising.
Advertising is a pervasive influence on children and adolescents. Media education has been shown to be effective in mitigating some of the negative effects of advertising on children and adolescents. |
Nov 22, 2006
Tastier "light" foods can enable dieters to indulge their desires
A late-night bowl of chocolate ice cream without the morning-after guilt? That's what the rich-tasting "light" version of ice cream |
Nov 22, 2006
Taco Bell to halt use of cooking oil containing artery-clogging trans fats
Taco Bell will be the latest fast-food chain to cut artery-clogging trans fats from cooking oils in its U.S. restaurants. Wendy's International Inc. and KFC have already switched to a zero-trans fat oil, and McDonald's Corp. is considering the change |
Nov 01, 2006
Caffeine-stoked energy drinks wire a generation; some experts are concerned
Thirty-one per cent of U.S. teenagers say they drink energy drinks, according to Simmons Research. Nutritionists warn that the drinks, laden with caffeine and sugar, can hook kids on an unhealthy jolt-and-crash cycle. The caffeine comes from multiple |
Oct 09, 2006
Snack Makers Strike Deal To Alter School Offerings
Five snack food makers including PepsiCo, Mars Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc. have pledged to replace Doritos and doughnuts with healthier products in school vending machines and snack bars under a voluntary agreement brokered by former president Bill Cli |
Apr 26, 2006
Changing the Trends: Food Marketing to Children and Youth
As a nation, we have come to accept the pervasive nature of advertising and the media, but rarely do we face up to the harmful effects that it might have on our youth. |
Apr 03, 2006
Drink up: 100-Percent Juice Linked to Healthier Diet
Children who drink 100-percent juice have healthier diets than non-juice drinkers. They consume more total fruits, fiber and key nutrients such as, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium and folate. |
Mar 31, 2006
Research Shows Us That Men are Making Healthier Purchase Decisions But Women Still Like it 'Fresher'
Quantitative data in the biennial study entitled "The 2005 HealthFocus Trend Report" (USA edition) reveals that "men are shopping healthy too." |
Mar 16, 2006
Sugar and Syrups Contribute 10.3% of Total Available Energy
In 2004, sugars and syrups contributed 10.3% of the total available energy, per person, in the Canadian food supply. This represents a decrease from 13.1% in 1994. |
Mar 06, 2006
Food Consumption (per capita) Data System
The data system has three components: food availability, per capita servings, and total nutrient availability from USDA |
Jan 21, 2006
Nickelodeon, Kellogg Targets of Lawsuit
Advocacy groups and parents are suing the Nickelodeon TV network and cereal maker Kellogg Co. in an effort to stop junk food marketing to kids. |
Dec 18, 2005
Food Marketing to Children and Youth from IOM
How marketing influences children and youth is the focus of the IOM report, Food Marketing to Children and Youth. The report provides the most comprehensive review to date of the scientific evidence on the influence of food marketing on diets and die |
Dec 16, 2005
Marketing food to children
advertising giants are pushing the wrong food and drinks. Television adverts directly influence children's consumption of food, and increase their chances of becoming obese. This influence affects children younger than 8 years old disproportionately, |
Nov 01, 2005
WHERE YOU SHOP MATTERS: STORE FORMATS DRIVE VARIATION IN RETAIL FOOD PRICES
Just 20 years ago, traditional grocery stores claimed nearly 90 percent of Americans' at-home food purchases. Today, their share has dropped to 69 percent. |