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Food Companies Launch Yet Another Phony Effort Against Childhood Obesity
Gary Ruskin | November 14th, 2006

Commercial Alert Statement on FTC-HHS Report on Food Marketing to Children
Gary Ruskin | May 2nd, 2006

USDA Won’t Enforce Rules Against Junk Food Sales in Schools
Gary Ruskin | June 14th, 2005

Commercial Alert Petitions USDA to Enforce Restrictions on Sale of Junk Food in Schools
Gary Ruskin | April 26th, 2005

U.S. Senate Bill Would Help Curb Childhood Obesity, Tobacco-Related Illnesses
Gary Ruskin | June 23rd, 2004

Global Anti-Obesity Strategy is Too Lite on Corporations
Gary Ruskin | April 19th, 2004

Health Experts Call for Worldwide Ban on Marketing of Junk Food to Kids
Gary Ruskin | February 27th, 2004

Obesity Experts, Child Advocates Ask Sesame Street Not to Advertise for McDonald’s
Gary Ruskin | October 13th, 2003

Commercial Alert Criticizes National PTA Over Coke Sponsorship
Gary Ruskin | June 4th, 2003

Childhood Obesity Prevention Campaign Launched
Gary Ruskin | April 2nd, 2003

Go On The Offensive, Secretary Thompson Tells Junk Food Lobby
Gary Ruskin | November 15th, 2002

Commercial Alert Asks UNICEF to Drop Support for McDonald’s World Children’s Day, Obesity Lobby
Gary Ruskin | August 26th, 2002

Obesity Lobby Will Carry Out CDC’s New Program, Commercial Alert Charges
Gary Ruskin | July 17th, 2002

Commercial Alert, Groups Urge HHS Sec. Thompson to Support WHO Effort to Fight Junk Food Marketing, Prevent Obesity, Diabetes
Gary Ruskin | May 10th, 2002

Nader, Doctors Ask Surgeon General Nominee: Will You Protect Kids or Corporations?
Gary Ruskin | April 5th, 2002

Surgeon General's Anti-Obesity Plan Does Too Little to Protect Kids, Says Commercial Alert
Gary Ruskin | December 13th, 2001

Commercial Alert Criticizes Movie-Length Ad Targeted at Kids
Gary Ruskin | May 7th, 2001

Stop Peddling Junk Food to Children, Commercial Alert Tells Publishers
Gary Ruskin | September 22nd, 2000

Coalition Wants Schools to Stop Pushing Junk Food on Children
Gary Ruskin and Jim Metrock | July 12th, 2000

Coalition Launches Campaign to Protect Schoolchildren From Channel One
Gary Ruskin and Jim Metrock | March 2nd, 2000

Coalition Wants Congress to Authorize FTC to Protect Children from Harmful Advertising
Gary Ruskin | October 12th, 1999

Articles

Does Advertising Make Us Fat? Yes!
Gary Ruskin | February 20th, 2006

Swann Song
Gary Ruskin | January 13th, 2005

Swann Song
Gary Ruskin | January 13th, 2005

The Fast Food Trap: How Commercialism Creates Overweight Children
Gary Ruskin | October 31st, 2003

Why They Whine: How Corporations Prey on our Children
Gary Ruskin | September 30th, 1999

Related Articles and Links

Related Articles

Junk Food Ads Find Web Home
Julian Lee | Sydney Morning Herald | April 16th, 2008

Council To Consider Junk Food Ad Ban For Kids
Metroland Durham Region Media Group (Canada) | April 9th, 2008

Fatty Food on the Tube a Large Problem
Jennifer Torres | The Record | March 26th, 2008

Food Industry Advertising Draws Fire From Children's Health Advocates
Eric Pfanner | International Herald Tribune | March 23rd, 2008

Groups Urge Limits on Food Ads for Kids
Julie Jargon | The Wall Street Journal | March 15th, 2008

Obesity Experts Back Junk Food Marketing Ban
Scoop Health | March 14th, 2008

McDonald’s Mom Panel Makes TV Debut
Amy Johannes | Promo | March 13th, 2008

Time to Stop Undermining Children with Ads
Dr. Melissa Perrin, Psy.D | Pioneer Press (Chicago Sun-Times Suburban News) | February 7th, 2008

Junk Food Ad Ban Comes into Force in Britain
Agence France-Presse | January 1st, 2008

Fast Food Gets its Greasy Hands on Report Cards
Julie Deardorff | Chicago Tribune | December 16th, 2007

Effort to Limit Junk Food in Schools Faces Hurdles
Kim Severson | New York Times | December 2nd, 2007

Junk food ad limits 'not enough'
BBC News | November 12th, 2007

Just two hours of TV a day doubles risk of child obesity
Jenny Hope | Daily Mail | October 30th, 2007

Watching Food Ads on TV May Program Kids to Overeat
Tara Parker-Pope | Wall Street Journal | July 10th, 2007

Kellogg to Curb Marketing of Foods to Children
Andrew Martin | New York Times | June 13th, 2007

Living Well: Food Biz Feeds Kids a Steady Marketing Diet
Bob Condor | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | April 4th, 2007

TV Ads Stress Children
Sean Scanlon | The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand) | January 2nd, 2007

In Diabetes Fight, Raising Cash and Keeping Trust
Marc Santora | New York Times | November 25th, 2006

Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Open Letter to the US Congress
Michael Dansinger, MD, MS | Medscape General Medicine | February 16th, 2006

Report Links TV Ads and Childhood Obesity
Marian Burros | New York Times | December 7th, 2005

Junk Food Nation: Who's to Blame for Childhood Obesity?
Gary Ruskin and Juliet Schor | The Nation | August 11th, 2005

Public Policy Targeting Obesity
Ceci Connolly | Washington Post | August 10th, 2004

A Report: the Possibility That Ads Contribute to Obesity in Children; the Industry Begs to Differ
Nat Ives | New York Times | February 24th, 2004

Maine Students to Lose Candy, Soda Machines
Tom Bell | Portland Press Herald | December 12th, 2003

State Becomes Sour on Sweets in School; Policy Aims to Reduce Student Obesity
Jeffrey Gilbert and Ruth Rendon | Houston Chronicle | August 6th, 2003

Advocates Push for More Healthy Foods in Schools
Susan Snyder | Philadelphia Inquirer | July 10th, 2003

New York City Cuts Back Fat and Sweets in School Meals
Abby Goodnough | New York Times | June 24th, 2003

Changes Requested in Ads for Youth
Stuart Elliott | New York Times | April 4th, 2003

S.F. Schools Join War on Obesity, Ban Junk Food; Soda, Candy to be Banished -- But Only from Cafeterias
Ray Delgado | San Francisco Chronicle | January 15th, 2003

Fast Food, Fat Kids
Gerald Hass | Boston Globe | December 23rd, 2002

Metro Schools Cancel Channel One
Natalia Mielczarek | The Tennessean | November 25th, 2002

CDC Ads Ask Children to Be Active --- Effort Targets Obese Kids, But Critics Want to Add Healthy Eating to the Mix
Suzanne Vrancia | Wall Street Journal | July 18th, 2002

Fighting Obesity And the Food Lobby
Kelly D. Brownell and David S. Ludwig | Washington Post | June 9th, 2002

Planet Twinkie and the Junk-Food Assault on our Kids
Joan Ryan | Bergen County Record (NJ) | May 30th, 2002

TEA Slaps Lid on School Junk Foods; New Guidelines are Instituted to Combat Child Obesity
Lucy Hood | San Antonio Express-News | May 2nd, 2002

Oakland Schools Ban Vending Machine Food
Kim Severson | San Francisco Chronicle | January 16th, 2002

Advertising to be Curbed in Schools; Policy Will Phase Out Channel One, Commercial Logos
Gregory Roberts | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | November 22nd, 2001

California Legislators Ban Sale of Junk Food in Elementary, Middle Schools
Bradley Weaver | North County Times | November 6th, 2001

Snack Foods Become Stars of Books for Children
David D. Kirkpatrick | New York Times | September 22nd, 2000

School Board Ditches Contract with Coca-Cola
Doug Erickson | Wisconsin State Journal | August 29th, 2000

Fight on Obesity Faces Hefty Commercial Problems
Marion Nestle | New York Newsday | June 22nd, 2000

External Links

Diabetes Association Defends Cadbury Schweppes Deal
Russell Mokhiber | Corporate Crime Reporter | May |

Fighting Obesity and the Food Lobby
Kelly Brownell and David Ludwig | Washington Post |

Relation Between Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Drinks and Childhood Obesity: a Prospective, Observational Analysis
Ludwig, Peterson, & Gortmaker, The Lancet | February 17, 2001

Childhood Obesity: Public Health Crisis, Common Sense Cure
Ebbeling, Pawlak, Ludwig, The Lancet | 2002-08-10

The Health Risks of Obesity: Worse than Smoking, Drinking or Poverty
R. Sturm, RAND Health |

Halting the Obesity Epidemic: A Public Health Policy Approach
Nestle and Jacobson, Public Health Reports | January/February, 2000

Fast Food Restaurant Use Among Adolescents: Associations with Nutrient Intake, Food Choices and Behavioral and Psychosocial Variables
French et al., Int'l Journal of Obesity | (2001) 25, 1823-33

Soft Drinks in Schools
American Academy of Pediatrics | January, 2004

Prevalence and Trends in Overweight Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2000
Cynthia L. Odgen et al., JAMA | October 9, 2002

Effects of Fast-Food Consumption on Energy Intake and Diet Quality Among Children in a National Household Survey
Bowman et al., Pediatrics | January, 2004

The Role Of Media in Childhood Obesity
The Kaiser Family Foundation | February 24, 2004

Preventing Childhood Obesity by Reducing Consumption of Carbonated Drinks: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Janet James et al., British Medical Journal

Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases
World Health Organization | 2003

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women
Matthias Schultze et al.,JAMA | August 25, 2004

Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?
Institute of Medicine |

Effects of Decreasing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Body Weight in Adolescents: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study
Cara B. Ebbeling, PhD, et al., Pediatrics, March 2006 |

Foods Sold in Competition with USDA School Meal Programs: A Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture | January 12, 2001