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.
Working with Baseball to Change Tobacco's Spitting Image
April 10, 2012 | Program Result
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).
Creating Long-Term-Care Insurance Options for Elderly People
October 4, 2011 | Program Result
The Center for Health Care Strategies helped states create long-term-care insurance partnership programs that provide affordable coverage and financial protection for beneficiaries, generate business for insurers, and protect Medicaid budgets.
The Sports Philanthropy Project
March 14, 2011 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2010, the Sports Philanthropy Project worked with professional sports teams, team foundations and athletes to leverage their financial resources, popularity and credibility to bolster health and health care programs in their communities.
Law Suit Against Tobacco Companies Joined by Public Health Intervenors
October 8, 2010 | Program Result
From November 2005 to March 2010, the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund led a coalition of six tobacco control groups named as "public health intervenors" in a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against tobacco companies.
Coalition for Healthy Children Creates Messages on Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
August 30, 2010 | Program Result
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.
"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.
Reducing Young People's Exposure to Alcohol Advertising
October 29, 2009 | Program Result
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth monitored the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth.