NYU’s Institute of Public Knowledge is hosting the launch of Practicing Food Studies, edited by Amy Bentley, Fabio Parasecoli, and Krishnendu Ray. I wrote the Foreword. We will all provide brief perspectives on our quarter century of teaching food studies. For information and registration, click here. For 30% off on the book, click here.
by Marion Nestle
Mar
30
2016
Issue Brief on use of branded characters to market to kids
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has a new Issue Brief on food companies’ use of branded characters to market to kids. Here’s what it’s talking about:
These, RWJ says, work better with junk foods than healthy foods, even though some child health advocates have called for their use only for healthy foods.
I don’t want them used to sell anything to kids. I don’t think anyone should be marketing anything to kids.
RWJ’s assessment of the present situation? “Significant opportunities for improvement still exist.”
No kidding.