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NEWS 2008
- Thursday, June 26th, 2008
NZ: Health Committee weakens obesity provisions in Public Health Bill – FOE media release - Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
NZ: Food marketers target children online - Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
NZ: Mother’s diet when pregnant may influence children’s weight at puberty - Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Australia: Parents want traffic-light food labelling - Friday, June 6th, 2008
NZ: Obesity rates slowing for adults, levelling off for children - Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
NZ: High obesity rates need urgent action – FOE media release - Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Australia: Childhood obesity slowed - Friday, May 30th, 2008
US: Child obesity may have levelled off - Sunday, May 25th, 2008
International beverage companies announce new rules on advertising to children - Thursday, May 15th, 2008
NZ: Children’s TV ad guidelines released - Thursday, May 15th, 2008
NZ: Kids TV ad guidelines show self-regulation a failure - Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Australia: Inquiry into Obesity - Thursday, May 8th, 2008
NZ: Children’s TV. When and what are they watching? - Thursday, May 8th, 2008
NZ: Many schools still selling junk food - Monday, May 5th, 2008
Australia: How to curb obesity – AMA plan - Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Sweden: Fat cell numbers may be ‘set for life’ - Thursday, May 1st, 2008
NZ: Health expert supports regulation of food ads - Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
NZ: Pineapple lumps and the Public Health Bill - Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
NZ: Lynley Boniface on the Public Health Bill - Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
NZ: Potato chips and rugby cards - Monday, April 21st, 2008
UK: Junk food marketing Bill blocked - Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Australia: Junk food ads on kids websites – survey - Saturday, April 12th, 2008
NZ: Fruitful thinking – remove GST from fruit and vegetables? - Friday, April 11th, 2008
NZ: Public Health Bill – two great submissions - Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
NZ: Tax on sugary drinks could put fizz into anti-obesity fight - Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
NZ: ‘McContributions not enough’ to help battle against obesity - Sunday, March 16th, 2008
NZ: Obesity challenge calls for more than smart one-liners – editorial - Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Saving the junk food generation – international advertising code - Thursday, March 13th, 2008
NZ: Public Health Bill hearing begins - Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
NZ: Obesity reports ‘too focused on food, not exercise’ – report - Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
NZ: Make a submission on the Public Health Bill - Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
NZ: Motueka group battling proposed new McDonald’s - Friday, February 29th, 2008
The Bangkok Call to Action - Monday, February 18th, 2008
NZ: Parents want ban on junk food TV ads to kids – Peak Group survey - Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
NZ: Robyn Toomath talks about FOE - Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Australia: SA govt calls for junk food ad ban - Thursday, January 24th, 2008
UK: National obesity strategy launched