Would any parent be reassured knowing that the food industry decides what's acceptable to be advertised ▶️ their kids?
Our @beuc.eu report on EU self-regulation underlines the need to end this failed experiment.
Time to put children's health first + #stopmarketingtokids
tinyurl.com/pledgebeuc
As our @beuc.eu report showed, self-regulation has failed to protect kids from powerful +persuasive unhealthy food marketing with the digital transformation only multiplying the ways advertisers can target kids. #stopmarketingtokids
tinyurl.com/pledgebeuc
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‼️Food companies spending big (an extra £420m) ahead of new UK junk food ad rules… Coinciding with a bumper 12 months for sales of snack foods (an extra 45.4m packs of chocolate, cakes and crisps)
It’s almost as if advertising is indeed very effective? 🤔
#stopmarketingtokids
Dr W. Walrabenstein (Physicians’ Assoc for Nutrition) highlights that the few minutes Drs get with patients advising on healthy diets is no match for the unhealthy #foodenvironments!
We need action incl.: reformulation, lower taxes on healthy foods, #stopmarketingtokids +clear food labels!
📣 Consumer group @beuc.bsky.social has set out its priorities for new Health & Animal Welfare Commissioner 👇
1️⃣ Present #FoodLabelling proposals
2️⃣ #StopMarketingToKids
3️⃣ Make healthy and sustainable, more 🌱-based diets easy & affordable
4️⃣ Present #AnimalWelfare proposals
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Nos recommandations (1/2) :
✅des règles basées sur les recommandations nutritionnelles de la @Courdescomptes et de @Sante_Gouv
✅l'interdiction du #marketing ciblant les enfants sur les emballages #alimentaires (personnages, mascottes)
#StopMarketingToKids
🚨 L'@UFCquechoisir soutient l'action du @beuc et alerte sur la #publicité pour la "#malbouffe" ciblant les #enfants.
Le constat :
❌Matraquage publicitaire de l'industrie #agroalimentaire
❌Echec des engagements volontaires des entreprises #EUPledge
#StopMarketingToKids
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