FTC Releases a Follow-Up Study on Food Marketed to Children

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This press release announces the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) December 2012 report, entitled “A Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents: Follow-Up Report.” The report is said to describe the expenditures, marketing techniques, and nutritional profiles of food marketed to children. Over $1.79 billion in food marketing to children ages 2-17 is spent annually. The report compares data from 2006 to data collected in 2009 from 48 large food and beverage marketers.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/12/foodmarketing.shtm

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