date:Dec 26, 2012
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The study, A Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents: Follow-Up Reportgauges the progress industry has made since first launching self-regulatory efforts to promote healthier food choices to kids. It serves as a follow-up to the Commissions 2008 report on food marketing requested by Congress.
The report released Friday provides a picture of how food companies allocated $1.79 billion on marketing to youth ages 2-17 in 2009.
New to this report is a detailed analysis of the nut