This post was written by John P. Feldman and Michael L. Sacks. The Interagency Working Group of Food Marketed to Children (“Working Group”) today has requested comments on proposed nutritional principles that it hopes will help in the fight against childhood obesity. The Working Group, established in 2009 by the FTC, FDA, CDC, and USDA at … Continue Reading
This post was written by Peter Le Guay, Partner at Thomson Playford Cutlers. The Initiative Childhood obesity has become a major public health issue in Australia with evidence showing that excessive consumption of foods high in fat, sugar and salt is a major contributor to childhood obesity. One of the most recent steps implemented to … Continue Reading
A ban on fast-food advertising in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a study conducted for the National Bureau of Economic Research. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is being published in the University of Chicago’s Journal of Law and … Continue Reading
Children who are obese or who have high cholesterol also show early signs of heart disease, according to a new study. Results of the study were unveiled at a recent American Heart Association conference. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, has not yet been published. The … Continue Reading
Between 500 and 600 U.S. school districts have instituted nutritional policies limiting foods deemed to be high in fat, salt and sugar. That’s according to a research scientist at the Institute for Health Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The widespread curbing of snacks in school has some kids pining for … Continue Reading
Just before the market melt-down captured the attention of Congress, a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee held the latest in what has become a series of hearings on the state of food marketing to children and its links to the obesity epidemic. In testimony that reads much like students reporting on the progress of … Continue Reading
