Junk Food Industry Determined to Target Kids

Posted on Monday, July 25th, 2011 by Michele Simon

Last week, as health advocates around the nation raced against a deadline to submit comments to the federal government on food marketing to children, the food industry was busy doing what it does best: Launching a massive PR campaign to undermine anything the feds might dare do to protect children from corporate predatory marketing. What exactly got the likes of PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, and McDonald’s in such a tizzy? You would think, by the tone and fervor of their reaction, that the government was imposing a complete ban on food marketing to children. Read rest at Food Safety News…

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Lauren says:

July 26, 2011 at 11:47 am

“Predatory Marketing” I think that’s the perfect term. If they were doing the right thing, they wouldn’t need the PR campaign to convince us otherwise.

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