Food campaigners slam weak plans for regulation of online marketing - The Children's Food Campaign warns that the Advertising Standards Authority's plans to cover non-paid-for marketing on company and social networking sites are too weak to protect children from junk food marketers.
Joint letter to Government highlights threats to children's health - A Children's Food Campaign letter from 30 national organisations warns Health Secretary Andrew Lansley about the dangers of introducing policies that will undermine children's health.
Ofcom junk food ad review - The final review, of restrictions on the television advertising of food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar has shown that, while the rules are reducing the amount of junk food advertising children see, they have been less effective than predicted.
FSA changes are bad news for children's health - The Prime Minister's announcement that responsibility for nutrition policy will move from the Food Standards Agency back to a Government Department may be welcomed by the food industry, but it is not good for children's health.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that he wants commercial companies, including food manufacturers like Nestlé and PepsiCo, to help run the government’s Change4Life anti-obesity campaign. We are very concerned about the impact that this could have on public health campaigns. To help illustrate the problem, we’re asking people to consider how the campaign might look if it was run by food industry “partners”. Create your poster now
Thirsty playOur new report shows the dire state of drinking fountains in our parks. Click here to read the report and join our campaign for drinking water for children in every park.
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