Thanks to everyone who joined Wednesday's Food Marketing Workgroup call. Below are several items discussed on the call. New Studies on Candy Advertising and Targeted Marketing Jennifer Harris of the Rudd Center discussed these two studies: - http://uconnruddcenter.org/files/Pdfs/1-s2_0-S0195666315003451-main.pdf - http://www.uconnruddcenter.org/files/Pdfs/272-7%20%20Rudd_Targeted%20Marketing%20Report_Release_081115%5B1%5D.pdf Salud America and AACORN co-authored the second study. Checkout: Report, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Model Ordinance Here are the materials related to our discussion of retail marketing and checkout: - CSPI's report entitled Temptation at Checkout: The Food Industry's Sneaky Strategy for Selling More: http://cspinet.org/temptationatcheckout/ - The alert asking Bed Bath & Beyond to stop pushing candy at checkout: http://action.cspinet.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1927&ea.campaign.id=40846 o If you're on Twitter, use this link to click-to-tweet<clicktotweet.com/95x23>, "Please @BedBathBeyond, no more candy at checkout. #RethinkCheckout." - ChangeLab Solutions' model checkout ordinance: http://www.changelabsolutions.org/publications/healthy-checkout-aisle-ord Transformative Schools Network Yeshimabeit Milner of The Praxis Project sent these items for the workgroup: - Transformative Schools Network one-pager (attached) - Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE) report: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xnaxiwinayoi2g2/CCHE%20Web%20Facing.pdf?dl=0 - Model resolution: http://healthyschools4all.org/solutions/our-principles/healthy-schools-for-all-resolution/ Upcoming Food Marketing Workgroup Meetings Please save the date for the following Food Marketing Workgroup phone meetings (all begin at noon PT/3 pm ET): - Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Jessica Almy Senior Nutrition Policy Counsel Center for Science in the Public Interest Direct Line: 202.777.8358
