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Hawking Hydration Low: Gatorade Tells Kids To Avoid Water

January 10, 2014 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Aug. 20, 2015 Update: Now Gatorade's G-Force is forcing their bottled neon into schools under the guise of 'hydration education?' Seriously? Paging media watchdogs! Crickets. Jan. 10, 2014 I’ve … [Read more...]

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National Assoc for Media Literacy Education: Amy Jussel, Resource Roundup

July 9, 2013 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

July 8, 2013 Gearing up for speaking at my first ever National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) conference this coming weekend, I’m taming butterflies as I’m honored to be on a … [Read more...]

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Marketing Tactics Undermine Parent Authority: Moms Not Lovin It.org

July 8, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

July 8, 2013 Update: Join the #MomsNotLovinIt Twitter chat about McDonalds and other fast food giants specifically targeting kids of color, and the new study in Journal of American Medical Assn on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition & Wellness Tagged With: #MomsNotLovinIt, corporate ethics, diabetes prevention, fast food marketing, food industry, food marketing kids, Hispanic obesity, junk food in schools, junk-food, Kids health, kids nutrition, Latino Outreach, McDonalds, Moms Not Lovin It, profit over public health, Stop Corporate Abuse, targeting kids of color, youth-marketing

Fast Forward Health Film Fest Oct 30, Celebrate Food Day 2012

October 24, 2012 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Oct 24, 2012 Food Day 2012! “I don’t need any finger-wagging salad munchers scolding me about junk food” ---no worries, not happening. But if you'd like to be more informed about the reason for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: big food, Ca Right to Know, CCFC, CSPI, Fast Food Nation, Fast Forward Health, film fest, Food Day, Food Day 2012, food for thought, Food Inc., food marketing kids, Food Politics, GMO, health literacy, HFCS Food Supply, Kids health, kids-food-products, label lingo, label literacy, Meatrix, media-literacy, Michele Simon, Morgan Spurlock, public health policy, sustainable eating, The Real Bears

Kids Think A Blackberry Is A Device Not A Fruit? Eat Real.

October 24, 2011 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Oct 24, 2012 Food Day 2012! On Twitter, follow #FoodDayConf with great tips on label lingo, decoding kids aisle food claims. In honor of the day, I'm reprising "Food for Thought: Media to Digest for … [Read more...]

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HFCS Ad Analysis: Dieticians Dissed, Media Literacy Mandatory

September 10, 2008 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

When I sounded off in HFCS Corn Wars about the ‘artificial sweetness’ of the ubiquitous HFCS ads, I promised I’d have our own nutrition correspondent, Rebecca Scritchfield weigh in … [Read more...]

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