Dive Summary:
- A group of academics and industry analysts have published a report in Journal of Public Health Policy calling for the end of food marketing to children under 18.
- This mostly includes many of the candy, soda and fast food marketing on television during cartoons and other children's programming.
- With obesity beginning to be a major concern, the academics believe this would allow a whole generation to escape the inundation of food advertising, and by correlation, the constant bombardment of unhealthy foods.
From the article:
"Obesity and its determinants — unhealthy diet and insufficient physical activity — are major risk factors for several chronic diseases that constitute the leading causes of death and disability worldwide," the authors wrote. "The case for action is clear."
