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Is The Prince of Wales Fronting for the Junk Food Industry?
Gary Ruskin | May 14th, 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
Secret Document Shows Bush Administration Effort to Stop Global Anti-Obesity Initiative
Gary Ruskin | January 15th, 2004
Sugar Industry Threatens WHO Budget Over Dietary Guidelines
Gary Ruskin | April 23rd, 2003
Commercial Alert Asks UNICEF to Drop Support for McDonald’s World Children’s Day, Obesity Lobby
Gary Ruskin | August 26th, 2002
Coalition Asks UNICEF To Cancel McDonald's World Children's Day
Gary Ruskin | July 31st, 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
Presentation to WHO Conference on Health Marketing and Youth
Gary Ruskin | April 17th, 2002
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Comments on WHO/FAO draft report on
Gary Ruskin | May 16th, 2002
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Vanessa Ko | Smart Planet | December 21st, 2011
Uganda: Baby food supplements face ban, says ministry
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UK: Junk food websites 'target young'
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Bill to stop giving baby formula sparks debate
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Australia: Junk food advertising to kids – what’s next for regulation?
Boyd Swinburn | The Conversation | December 15th, 2011
Australia: Nostalgia Rules In Cookie Ad
Stephanie Peatling | Sydney Morning Herald | December 12th, 2011
Australia: ACMA finds no reduction in kids' exposure to junk food ads
Jessica Burke | Food Magazine | December 9th, 2011
McDonald's Fined $1.8 M in Brazil for Happy Meal Toy Giveaway
Laurel Wentz | AdAge | December 8th, 2011
Tobacco company sues Australia over new law that bans logos from cigarette packs
Associated Press | Washington Post | December 1st, 2011
Brands to change marketing to under-12s on websites
bizcommunity.com | November 29th, 2011
China May Ban Infant Formula Ads to Encourage Breastfeeding
Natasha Khan | Bloomberg | November 10th, 2011
Study: Infant formula ads reduce breast-feeding
TERESA CEROJANO | Associated Press | November 3rd, 2011
Many healthy returns: a role for business in reducing lifestyle disease
The Guardian - The Sustainable Business Blog | September 23rd, 2011
Battle of commercial interests confound fight against noncommunicable diseases
Washington Post | September 21st, 2011
UN leader accuses big business of health cover-up
AFP | September 19th, 2011
Advertising Finds Itself in the Crosshairs Around the Globe
Ad Age Global | March 7th, 2011
AMA Calls Time on Junk Food Ads
Danny Rose | Australian Assoicated Press | August 13th, 2009
TV Ads and Childhood Obesity
Mag Cruz Hatol | Manila Bulletin (Philippines) | August 8th, 2009
Health Groups Want Ban on Junk-Food Marketing Ploys
Daniella Miletic | The Age (Australia) | June 9th, 2009
Researchers Urge Crackdown on Junk Food TV Ads
Elke Bun | Reuters | May 8th, 2009
Australian Food Companies Agree Not to Push Junk on Kids
AFP | October 24th, 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
Junk Food Ad Ban Comes into Force in Britain
Agence France-Presse | January 1st, 2008
Food companies sign EU ad pledge
Mark Sweney | Guardian (UK) | December 11th, 2007
In Diabetes Fight, Raising Cash and Keeping Trust
Marc Santora | The New York Times | November 25th, 2006
Fast Food Industry Accused of Using Charles
Sarah Boseley | Guardian | July 28th, 2004
Top Health Officials Adopt Global Plan to Cut Obesity
Fiona Fleck | British Medical Journal | May 29th, 2004
Developing Countries Could Derail Global Anti-Obesity Plan
Fiona Fleck | British Medical Journal | March 13th, 2004
Are Fizzy Drinks Doing This to Our Children?
Sarah Boseley | Guardian | January 9th, 2003
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Marketing Food to Children: the Global Regulatory Environment
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