October 16, 2007
"Chuck E. Cheese's chain to trim marketing to children"
By KAREN ROBINSON-JACOBS , The Dallas Morning News 'The owner of the Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant chain has agreed to reduce its marketing of food items to children. The move came in response to a congressman's call for the food industry to do more to fight childhood obesity.'
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August 28, 2007
"Kids Block Qubo Refuses Junk Food Ads"
By Ira Teinowitz, TV Week 'Going the next step in the controversy over food advertising targeting children, the producer of NBC and Telemundo’s three-hour Qubo block of kids shows is pledging to limit any food ads running during the programs to more nutritious products.'
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August 15, 2007
"Nickelodeon Limits Food Licensing for SpongeBob, Dora"
By Ira Teinowitz, TV Week 'Viacom’s Nickelodeon is imposing new limits on the licensing for children’s foods of its popular characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer, saying they will be used mostly for better foods.'
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July 6, 2007
"Burger King unveils transfat-free oil"
CNNMoney.com 'Fast-food chain Burger King announced Friday that it has begun the rollout of transfat-free cooking oil to its restaurants nationwide.'
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June 07, 2007
"New Coalition Forms To Help Reduce Rate of Obesity in U.S."
The Kaiser Family Foundation 'A coalition of lawmakers, health care groups, pharmaceutical companies
and others recently has formed to help reduce the rate of obesity in the U.S., CQ HealthBeat reports.
At a meeting last month in Washington, D.C., 80 groups and companies met to identify six priorities
for the Collaborative Campaign to End Obesity.'
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February 2007
"Disney Changes Food Marketing Approach"
By Charlotte LoBuono, Health Care News 'Don't look for figurines from some of the latest animated kids' movies in a high-fat fast-food boxed meal in the near future.'
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January 6, 2007
"Going trans-fat free"
LA Times 'TRANS FATTY acids are like ugly children. No one can love them except a mother - and in this case, the mother is a food industry
that has relied on them for decades. Lately, however, there are signs that this mother's love is not unconditional.'
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November 29, 2006
"Jones Soda will switch to pure cane sugar"
By Craig Harris, Seattle Post-Intelligencer 'Jones Soda Co., looking for a marketing advantage,
is making the switch to pure cane sugar from high fructose corn syrup as a soda sweetener.
"It's better for you, it's better-tasting and, overall, it's better for the environment,"
Peter van Stolk, the company's chief executive officer, said Tuesday.'
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November 16, 2006
"Taco Bell the Latest Fast Food Restaurant to Cut Trans Fats from Cooking Oils"
By Associated Press, FOX News Network 'Taco Bell will be the latest fast-food chain to cut artery-clogging
trans fats from cooking oils in its U.S. restaurants, the company announced Thursday.'
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November 1, 2006
"Firms to Modify School Snacks"
By Karla Dial, "Health Care News" - The Heartland Institute 'The William J. Clinton Foundation and
five major food companies announced on October 6 that snacks sold to kids in public schools as part of school
lunch programs and from vending machines on school property will contain less fat, sugar, and sodium.'
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October 26, 2006
"HHS Secretary Announces Development of Physical Activity Guidelines at National Prevention Summit"
Press Release, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 'HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today
announced that the Department will develop comprehensive guidelines, drawn
from science, to help Americans fit physical activity into their lives.
The announcement was made during his keynote address on the state of
the nation's health, during the Innovation in Prevention Awards Ceremony at
the National Prevention Summit, an annual HHS-supported event that
highlights successful initiatives in disease prevention and health
promotion.'
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October 7, 2006
"Snack Makers Strike Deal To Alter School Offerings"
By Annys Shin, Washington Post 'Five snack food makers including PepsiCo, Mars Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc.
have pledged to replace Doritos and doughnuts with healthier products in school vending machines and snack bars
under a voluntary agreement brokered by former president Bill Clinton and the American Heart Association.'
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June 8, 2006
"Wendy's will be 1st fast foodie with healthier oil"
By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY. 'The fast-food industry's frantic race to cook up the first "better-for-you" french fry appears to have been won by Wendy's.The No. 3 fast-food chain on Thursday will announce plans to dump its cooking oil for a blend of
non-hydrogenated corn and soy oil containing next-to-no artery-clogging trans fats.'
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June 3, 2006
"Frito-Lay Agrees to Label Fake Fat Olestra More Clearly"
By CSPI, Press Release.
'Frito-Lay Agrees to Label Fake Fat Olestra More Clearly on its "Light" Chips. Agreement with CSPI Avoids Litigation.'
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June 2, 2006
"FDA Presses Restaurants on Obesity"
By Todd Zwillich, WebMD Medical News.
'The FDA is leaning on restaurants to give customers more information
on the fat and calorie content of their foods in an effort to help combat obesity.'
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May 25, 2006
"Healthy eating vending machine arrives in US schools"
By Leah Vyse, Food Business Review Online.
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May 17, 2006
"Yoga...Soy...McDonald's?"
By Marc Gunther, (Senior writer), FORTUNE.
'The fast food giant is doing its part to get Americans eating better - but in the end, it's all up to the customers.'
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May 8, 2006
"Disney
Loses Its Appetite for Happy Meal Tie-Ins"
By Rachel Abramowitz,Orlando Sentinel.
'For 10 years, Walt Disney Co. and McDonald's appeared to have the perfect marriage.
Happy Meals bore little figurines of Nemo, Mr. Incredible and 101 Dalmatians. But no more. This is one relationship that's ending
in part because of the children.'
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May 3, 2006
"Alliance for a Healthier Generation Clinton Foundation and American Heart Association and Industry Leaders Set Healthy School Beverage Guidelines for U.S. Schools"
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