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Junk food companies use loopholes to advertise to children

Food companies including Kellogg's, Rowntree and Cadbury set up websites with games, cartoon characters and videos aimed at children. They also use social networking sites such as facebook Facebook and Twitter and even email children [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's health food products found to contain DEHP

Two children's health food products under the Taiwan branch of Cerebos Pacific Ltd. have been found to contain the toxic chemical DEHP, the company said Thursday in a statement on its website. The contaminated products - [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

One in ten Aussie kids unable to perceive the tastes of food

The prevalence of taste disorders in Australian children could be three times above the level defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a major public health crisis, new research has found. In a study published in the journa [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Is Eating Cartoon-Colored Food Bad for Kids' Health?

When I was growing up, my mother cruelly denied my sister and I all sorts of delicious packaged, processed, artificially-colored foods. My dream sandwich was creamy peanut butter with bright purple grape jelly, on fluffy, snow-white [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids Like Food More When Cartoons Sell It

Looks like Toucan Sam and Tony the Tiger have more influence over your kids' health than you do. A new study found that kids think food actually tastes better if it has cartoon characters on the box. Kids are so predictable. Res [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Junk food diet lowers IQ in kids

Children fed chips, pizza and other junk foods are likely to have lower IQs, says a new research. Researchers said that a diet, high in fats, sugars, and processed foods in early childhood may lower IQ, while a diet packed full of vitami [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Food outlets sending vouchers to kids in mail-outs

Now fast food outlets are sending direct mailers to kids under the age of 12 as part of online marketing campaigns to pre-teens that include special offers, free food vouchers and competitions. Outlet names like Hungry Jacks and Taco Bil [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Two million children 'wrongly labelled' with food allergies ...

The National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) is issuing the first ever guidance to GPs on how to spot and diagnose food allergies in children.It warns that hospital admissions for food allergies have increased by 500 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

How Healthy Is That Health Food, Actually?

Does a Nestlé drink that tastes delicious and boosts your kid's immunity sound too good to be true? Yeah, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission thought so too. TIME's Tiffany O'Callaghan wrote today about the FTC's ann [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Study: Kids Still Feasting on Junk Food Ads

For kids, the appeal of sweets, sugary sodas and artery-clogging burgers has a lot to do with their exposure to advertising -- they see it, they want it. And despite ongoing efforts from federal health agencies and advocacy groups, child [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Teaching Kids How to Make Healthier Food Choices

Nutrition has become a confusing, overwhelming and often contradictory subject. It's challenging enough to understand how to make healthier choices as an adult, but the plot thickens when we need to teach our children healthy nutritional ha [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Junkfood Ads Aimed At Kids Set To Stay

Television profits are more important than our kids’ health. At least, that’s the view Australia’s television watchdog has been accused of promoting, following their refusal to ban ads for junk food. Under a review by the [...]