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No Change in Food Ads for Kids, Despite Industry Pledge
How much would you pay to effectively shape the eating habits of your children? The food industry spent an estimated $745 million on television advertising to do just that, according to a 2008 Federal Trade Commission report. The report was cited in a study published this year in the August issue of the Archives of [...]
Weekly round-up
Here’s what we’ve been reading this week. Let us know what you think, and tell us what health communication news is on your mind. Federal officials reject NYC’s plan to ban food stamps for soda (NYT) Blacks less likely than Whites to get NIH grants, study finds (WaPo) Celiac disease on the rise in the [...]
Rinderpest is gone, but will other diseases follow?
You probably haven’t heard of rinderpest, but the animal disease recently made history when the United Nations anointed it only the second disease ever to be irradiated from the planet (smallpox was the first). While it was primarily a plague of cattle, Donald McNeil Jr. writes in the New York Times about the important role [...]
Weekly round-up
Heres what we’ve been reading this week. Let us know what you think, and tell us what health communication news is on your mind. New H.I.V. cases steady despite better treatment (NYT) Gov. Rick Perry’s controversial surgery sparks debate (MedPage Today) Insulin pumps, monitors vulnerable to hacking (NPR) Dr. Keith: Is Vogue magazine creating pedophiles? [...]
Designers, journalism school try to help regulators
Tara Parker-Pope recently reported for the New York Times’ Well blog about a University of California, Berkley, School of Journalism project to design a more beautiful and more effective food label. The contest is not endorsed by the Food and Drug Administration, but the unique ideas flowing from it are likely to be considered in [...]
