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Chilean children are now seeing fewer junk food ads, and Chilean parents are making healthier food purchases for their kids. We need a mandatory, eye-catching front-of-package food label that ...
The FDA believes this shortened label will accomplish what the older, more complete labels have utterly failed to do in changing consumer choices for the last 30 years.
The book looks at the causes of the obesity epidemic in America and why the crisis is spreading overseas. The book claims to reveal both the roots of the problem and what might be done, exploring the convergence of human nature, public indifference, and capitalistic spirit that has transformed the American waistline and jeopardized the nation ...
Advocates have been asking the FDA for nearly two decades to require front-of-pack labels, which they say help people make healthier choices and prod food manufacturers to reformulate their ...
He has commented that "Soda is the quintessential junk food—just sugar calories and no nutrients" and has warned that the "average teenage boy is consuming two cans of soda pop a day". [10] Jacobson proposes several warning labels, including "Drinking (non-diet) soft drinks contributes to obesity and tooth decay," and "Consider switching to ...
Fast food labels without the calorie amount increase the risks of obesity. In the article of M. Mclnerney et al. is examined the impact of fast food labeling on college students' weight loss. In the study the students required to label the calories of fast foods in the items' lists.
The Food and Drug Administration announced a new proposal Tuesday that would require food and drink manufacturers to place nutrition labels on the front of their products instead of the back.
The United States food and beverage industry has increased the amount of advertising that intensively and aggressively targets children through multiple channels. [1] Food marketers know that the youth consumers have equal if not more spending power than adults, they hold purchasing influence, and have the potential to be lifelong consumers.