Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents
October 29, 2012 | Report
Parents’ concerns about food marketing and other negative influences on their children’s eating habits appear to be increasing.
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Cereal FACTS (Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score ) 2012
June 1, 2012 | Report
Cereals advertised to children contain 57 percent more sugar, 52 percent less fiber, and 50 percent more sodium than cereals advertised to adults.
The Corporatization of American Hospitals
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The author reviewed Paul Starr's 1982 book The Social Transformation of American Medicine (TSTAM). Starr's focus in TSTAM was the corporatization of medical care which he posited would involve: change from nonprofit and public hospitals to private a ...
Working with Baseball to Change Tobacco's Spitting Image
April 10, 2012 | Program Result Report
Oral Health America, a Chicago-based organization that advocates improved dental care, launched a public education campaign to reduce the use of spit tobacco (both chewing tobacco and snuff).
State Alcohol Advertising Laws
April 10, 2003 | Report
Current Status and Model Policies
"Play-or-Pay" Insurance Reforms for Employers
January 14, 2010 | Commentary
"Play-or-pay" presents employers with a choice: purchase health insurance policies for their workers or pay a penalty, in the form of a payroll tax. This practice perspective argues that "play-or-pay" rules will create an unfair distribution of health insurance subsidies.
Adolescent Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Researchers examine a large sample of national magazines over five years to determine whether the types of alcohol beverages advertised were those consumed by underage youths.
Coalition for Healthy Children Creates Messages on Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
August 30, 2010 | Program Result Report
From 2005 to 2009 the Ad Council in New York formed the Coalition for Healthy Children and developed and directed a communications campaign to encourage children to eat healthy foods and exercise.
Nutrition Content of Food and Beverage Products on Web Sites Popular with Children
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study assessed the nutritional quality of branded food and beverage products advertised on 28 Web sites popular with children.
Marketing of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value to Children in Schools
November 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This nationally representative survey measures both the nature and extent of corporate-sponsored food marketing activities in U.S. public schools.