U.S. Government Calls for End to Dairy Weight Loss Ads
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U.S. dairy producers will have to stop pitching the idea that drinking more milk spurs weight loss, the Federal Trade Commission told a physician's advocacy group in a letter made public on Friday.
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As the government says it wants to improve children's diet, teachers call for a ban on junk food advertising aimed at children.
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The European Union wants firms to stop advertising junk food to children and to make food labelling clearer, the FT says.
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Government tries to limit TV advertising and sales along highways
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OTTAWA -- The federal government is putting Canadian food producers on a strict carbohydrate labelling diet that could knock a number of new product lines off grocery store shelves next year.
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Kraft Foods Inc. on Wednesday said it  would curb the advertising of its snack products to children  younger than 12 as part of plans to increase the visibility of  its more nutritious products.
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Scientists say thereâs no evidence that popular, well-advertised weight-loss programs can actually help keep the pounds off for long.
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An attempt to revive famous TV adverts from the 1950s that encouraged people to &quot;Go To Work On An Egg&quot; have been blocked by regulators on health grounds.
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11 big food companies have agreed to stop advertising products that do not meet certain nutritional standards to children under 12.
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Inappropriate advertising contributes to many kids' ills, from obesity to anorexia, to drinking booze and having sex too soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
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WASHINGTON Dec 22, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration is seeking to block an ad touting the safety of the cholesterol drug Crestor, calling the claims misleading.
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As part of a crackdown on false and deceptive diet claims, the Federal Trade Commission sent letters to nine media companies yesterday, reminding them to stop publishing ads for bogus weight-loss products.
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The US food maker announces changes to its advertising policy as part of a campaign to encourage healthy eating.
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Proclaiming an end to the low-carb diet craze, U.S. weight loss companies are launching a marketing blitz aimed at winning over consumers resolved to shed flab once and for all in the New Year.
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The European Commission said Wednesday it was considering tightening food advertising and nutrition labelling rules if companies failed to improve consumer awareness about unhealthy foods.
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Dieters looking for tricks to lose  weight got more bad news on Tuesday with the publication of a  study showing diets that restrict certain food groups do not  take any extra weight off.
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LONDON, Dec. 17 â As regulators wage war on unhealthy diets, cholesterol in food is increasingly unpopular. But it may have found a new role in advertising.