Nutrition standards won’t fix ‘Big Food’s’ worst child marketing tactics

July 11, 2013

By Michele Simon Last month, I participated in an important panel at a childhood obesity conference to discuss the current strategy backed by some advocacy groups: asking industry to market "healthier" foods to children. But as Susan Linn and I...

McDonald’s fined in Brazil for pushing Happy Meals to children

April 29, 2013

By Brad Haynes A consumer protection agency in Brazil has taken aim at the Happy Meal, fining McDonald's Corp on April 22 for targeting children with its advertising and toys. The Procon agency in the state of Sao Paulo fined the fast-food company 3.2 million reais...