• Kids Eat Snacks Often, Don’t View Them as Treats

    January 28, 2008
    Children eat snack foods such as sweets and fried foods so often that they are losing the concept of what it means to have an occasional treat, a UK NGO (non-government organization) says. And the British Heart Foundation (BHF) is laying the blame squarely on the marketing industry.

  • ‘12' To Be the Magic Age for EU Food Ads

    January 8, 2008
    Eleven major food producers have agreed to voluntary advertising restraints in Europe in the face of threatened legislation if they did not come up with a self-regulatory proposal of their own.

  • UK Extends Food Ad Ban to Teens

    January 8, 2008
    As the new year arrived, so did the next phase of the UK's prohibition on the television advertisements of food and drink products deemed to be unhealthy-and the ban now encompasses all children under the age of 16.