Food Marketing to Children – A Health Risk Needing Attention
āCurrent food and beverage marketing practices put children’s long-term health at risk.ā National Academiesā Institute of Medicine, 2006 The overwhelming majority of foods marketed to children are of poor nutritional quality. Three-quarters (73%) of the foods advertised on television shows intended for children are for convenience/fast foods and sweets. On Nickelodeon, the most popular childrenās […]