On the way to school on Monday, pay attention and look at the ads that your and your kids are bombarded with. According to this study conducted by Australian researchers, children are exposed to ads for junk food, sweets, soft drinks and alcohol 5 times more than healthy foods on the way to school than [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Advertising, alcohol, children, non-healthy food
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Consumers groups and health officials welcome Nestles’ decision to cut down on the marketing of unhealthy junk food to children as part of the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ (BBB) Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative.
The initiative was launched by BBB in 2006 to promote responsible advertising among food manufacturers. With the rising problem of [...]
Tags: Advertising, children, Food, Nestle
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Did anyone see the Clear Blue pregnancy test adverts? The one that used to have a voice-over saying “The most advanced piece of technology you’ll ever pee on”. I suppose a group of fusty conservative types complained and they had to change it. Now it goes “The most advanced piece of technology you’ll ever [...]
Tags: Advertising, Clear Blue Pregnancy Test, Pee
Posted in: Current Events
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