US: TV Ads Linked to Unhealthy Diets in Young Adults
Fast food and alcohol advertising on television have a negative influence on young people’s weight and underage drinking, researchers say.
Read more: MedPage Today, 29 April 2012
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US: How Washington went soft on childhood obesity
“In the political arena, one side is winning the war on child obesity. The side with the fattest wallets.”
An excellent piece on how the US government is influenced by agressive lobbying from the food and beverage industries.
Read more: Reuters, 27 April 2012
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