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Translation of this Website has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada, through the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; and from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
The views expressed herein represent the views of the Quebec Coalition on Weight-Related Problems and the Collaborative Action on Childhood Obesity and do not necessarily represent the views of the project funders.
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Documentation produced or commissioned by the Weight Coalition
- Report on "Food Advertising Directed at Children: Review of Effects, Strategies, and Tactics", by Marie-Ève Nadeau of the University of Ottawa,reviewing various marketing techniques used by the industry to attain children (2011)
- Legal notices on potential legislative modifications in Canadian provinces and territories to ban advertising to children (2011)
- Report "How to stop Junk Food Marketing to Children", by Option consommateurs, on reglementation prohibiting advertising to children around the world and potential legislative modifications that could be adopted in Canada to protect Canadian children (2010)
- Poster presentation entitled "Advertising to Children: A Public Health Issue"
- Brief "L’épidémie d’obésité et la publicité destinée aux enfants" (2007; French only)
- Q & A document (2007; French only)
Other relevant documentation
- Your Kids and Ads, by the Office de la protection du consommateur
- "Marketing de la malbouffe pour enfants", by the Union des consommateurs (French)
- "La publicité destinée aux enfants : Identifier la meilleure protection possible", by Option consommateurs
- "À quels messages publicitaires les enfants de moins de 12 ans sont-ils exposés lorsqu’ils regardent la télévision au Québec?", Groupe de recherche Médias et santé (Health and Media Research Group)
Press Room
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April 28, 2011
International Consensus: Take Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Twenty health policy experts from across Canada, the US and the UK gathered together to build consensus on how governments should act to protect and promote the health of Canadian children, with a focus on preventing obesity.
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February 3, 2011
Ensuring stronger regulation of marketing for soft and energy drinks
The following is the brief and summary of recommendations presented by the Weight Coalition during its appearance before the Standing Committee on Health of the House of Commons on issues surrounding soft and energy drinks.
