The Federal Trade Commission released its report to Congress, “Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation.” Among the findings of the report was that, in 2006, the food industry spent $1.6 billion to promote their products to U.S. children under the age of 12 and adolescents ages 12 to 17. The report recommends for all food companies “to adopt and adhere to meaningful, nutrition-based standards for marketing their products to children under 12.”
The full report is available on the Federal Trade Commission website.
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