Consumer NZ and other consumer groups from around the world are asking the WHO for an international code to ban the marketing of unhealthy food to children.
They have just launched a draft code calling for a ban on TV or radio junk food ads between 6:00am and 9:00pm and a ban on marketing these products using other media such as websites or phones.
Read more: Media release, NZ Consumer / Scoop, 14 March 2008
New Code to ban the marketing of unhealthy food to children
Consumers International and the International Obesity Taskforce have launched a draft code that would “drastically restrict the scope and scale of the marketing of unhealthy food to children across the globe.” They are calling for it to be adopted by national governments, as part of the World Health Organization’s strategy to tackle obesity and diet-related diseases.
Read more: Consumers International website, 15 Mar 2008
Fresh bid to ban junk food marketing to kids
Read more: Which? 15 March 2008
Read the code: Recommendations for an International Code on Marketing of Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages to Children
Check out the Junk food generation website
