I’m doing a short keynote on January 20 from 4:30-6:15 PST (7:30-9:15 EST). The conference website is here. The schedule for the conference is here. Information about my session is here.
by Marion Nestle
May
31
2010
CSPI’s report card on food marketing policies (or the lack thereof)
I’m late in getting to the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s report on food companies’ policies on marketing to children. The report is in the form of a report card. Most companies get very bad grades. Mars gets the best (a B+) mainly because it has a policy. Most don’t.
The report says nothing about whether the policies are working. Based on past experience, I’d guess they are not. But don’t they look great on paper?
Here’s the Chicago Tribune’s take on this.