26 Nov 2003
| by Staff,
ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme has used the huge profile of the Rugby World Cup...the Food Aid programme, take part in competitions and donate to the WFP.
It also features Tackle Hunger ...
.
The World Food Programme, set up by the UN in 1963, fed 72m people in 82 countries in 2002, including most ...
10 Nov 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Fast food, sugar-based drinks and snacks brands such as McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Walkers...A ban on children's ads featuring celebrities promoting unhealthy food, which would span TV, radio ...
unveiled in the Sunday Telegraph.
The watchdog believes that pop stars should endorse healthy food ...
food, sweets and schools, such as Cadbury's "Get Active" campaign and Walker's "Books for Schools ...
07 Nov 2003
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
into whether food and drink commercials aimed at children should be banned....introduced a Private Member's Bill to ban ads for food and drinks high in salt, sugar and fat during children ...
of Parliamentary time.
Shipley said: "The food and drink industry is allowed to ruthlessly and cynically target ...
, the director of the industry-funded Food Advertising Unit, said: "It is vital that any action plan is practical ...
16 Oct 2003
by launching a branded range of frozen foods.
03 Oct 2003
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government is to impose tougher controls over TV ads for "junk food", amid growing fears...This could lead to a ban on TV ads aimed at children if the food and ad industries fail to curb their campaigns for sweets, soft drinks, snacks, sugary breakfast cereals and fast-food chains, MPs warned.
One ...
for the Food Standards Agency suggested a link between advertising and unhealthy diets.
Professor Gerard ...
01 Oct 2003
| by Brian Young
Fascinating summary of information relating to the attitudes children and parents have towards food...This latest review of the literature on advertising's role in determining children's food choices is an update of the 1996 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food report carried out by Dr. Brian Young ...
considered by many parents to be a significant influence on children's attitudes and that food advertising ...
01 Jul 2003
| by International Association of Consumer Food Organizations
This report, by the International Association of Consumer Food Organizations for the World Health...is spent by the food industry on promoting processed foods.(1) By 2001, the world food ...
protection from the marketing of energy-dense, low-nutrient foods. Experiences of marketing controls ...
Support international controls on food marketing, including controls on cross-border television, websites ...
27 Jun 2003
| by Juliette Garside,
LONDON - BBC Magazines is hoping to attract a new audience to food magazines by launching a second...magazine.
Worldwide already publishes BBC Good Food, which outsells all other UK cookery titles except ...
year in the most recent ABC figures.
Orlando Murrin, editor of Good Food, has been appointed ...
director Ashley Munday said: "We've already demonstrated our unrivalled success in the food sector ...
13 Jun 2003
| by Matt Reed,
The series, which launched on Five this week and is presented by Anneka Rice, focuses on recipe ideas for busy mums, often featuring foods such as beans and pasta. Although Heinz products do ...
foods similar to those made by Heinz, potentially establishing a link between the sponsor ...
22 May 2003
| by Ben Bold
stretched by going head to head with the fast food market and offering food to go at railway stations ...