Jeremy Sammut of ABC News (Australia) has written an article claiming that government sponsored programs that promote public health don’t work.
While his focus is specific to the Australian experience, his claim that Australia’s government has squandered public funds on advertising campaigns may be applicable to both Europe and North America. The fact is, obesity is [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘advertising’
May 9, 2008
Breaking News! The government thinks you’re fat!
April 18, 2008
Newsflash! – Junk food advertising is misleading!!!
The BBC has reported that 83% of U.K. consumers “believed irresponsible marketing was making it harder to encourage children to eat well”.
The survey was conducted by Which?, the U.K.’s largest independent consumer organization.
The survey also found that “most of the 2,000 questioned want the government to do more to control the marketing of unhealthy [...]
