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March 12, 2013 | Journal Article
Food and beverage companies have pledged to reduce unhealthy marketing to children through the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), but their pledges only apply to certain types of marketing.
October 29, 2012 | Report
Parents’ concerns about food marketing and other negative influences on their children’s eating habits appear to be increasing.
June 1, 2012 | Report
Cereals advertised to children contain 57 percent more sugar, 52 percent less fiber, and 50 percent more sodium than cereals advertised to adults.
April 10, 2012 | Program Result Report
Oral Health America, a Chicago-based organization that advocates improved dental care, launched a public education campaign to reduce the use of spit tobacco (both chewing tobacco and snuff).
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The author reviewed Paul Starr's 1982 book The Social Transformation of American Medicine (TSTAM). Starr's focus in TSTAM was the corporatization of medical care which he posited would involve: change from nonprofit and public hospitals to private a ...
August 30, 2010 | Program Result Report
From 2005 to 2009 the Ad Council in New York formed the Coalition for Healthy Children and developed and directed a communications campaign to encourage children to eat healthy foods and exercise.
January 14, 2010 | Commentary
"Play-or-pay" presents employers with a choice: purchase health insurance policies for their workers or pay a penalty, in the form of a payroll tax. This practice perspective argues that "play-or-pay" rules will create an unfair distribution of health insurance subsidies.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Researchers examine a large sample of national magazines over five years to determine whether the types of alcohol beverages advertised were those consumed by underage youths.
October 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth monitored the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study assessed the nutritional quality of branded food and beverage products advertised on 28 Web sites popular with children.