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In-School Commercialism: A Back to School Checklist

September 19, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 14, 2017 An update on the unhealthy cues sent to kids with BoxTops for Education, via Harvard Chan School of Public Health podcast which nails the core problem quite succinctly. The program is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism Tagged With: #MomsNotLovinIt, ad-creep, advertising in schools, ambient ads in schools, back to school commercialism, branding in schools, brandwashing, Care Counts, CCFC, checklist for in-school commercialism, commercial curriculum, commercialism in schools, corporate accountability, corporate ad creep, corporate classrooms, corporatization of education, CSPI, datamining, Education brought to you by, food marketing, Gatorade, in-school marketing, junk food in schools, marketing to kids, NEPC, Out of bounds, pouring rights, PTSA fundraisers, public school payola, Ronald Mcdonald in schools, school bus ads, student data privacy, when schools become ads, Whirlpool

Fed Up With Food Marketing to Kids? Nosh On Food MythBusters Film

September 21, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 21, 2013 Tired of the $2 billion/year endless barrage of hard sell food advertising hawking toxic crud to children to turn them into life long consumers? You’re about to get some ammo in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition & Wellness Tagged With: #MomsNotLovinIt, Amy-Jussel, Anna Lappe, brand-ambassadors, Burger King, clowning around with kids health, corporate accountability, corporate ethics, Counter-marketing, DigitalAds.org, fast food marketing, Fast Food Nation, Feeding Frenzy, food marketing to kids, Food Mythbusters, Food Myths, food policy, Food Politics, FoodMyths, Healthy-Kids, junk food ads, junk food in schools, junk food marketing, Kids food marketing, Kids health, kids nutrition, Moms Not Lovin It, nag factor, nutrition education, obesity prevention, pester power, preventive health, processed foods, public health, secret documents sugar industry, Stop Corporate Abuse, Talking to Kids About Junk Food

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...]

Filed Under: Media Literacy Tagged With: adolescent body image, Animoto, beyonce, childrens health, Counter-marketing, Dare to compare, digital tools, fast food labeling, food marketing kids, health literacy, junk food in schools, kids nutrition, kids-food-products, media-literacy, NAMLE, Nutrition & Wellness, nutrition labeling, Olympics Junk Food Fail, pepsi and Let's Move, Positive Body Image, school wellness programs, Sexualization & Body Image, soda, sports drinks, Talking to Kids About Junk Food

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

Food Marketing to Kids: Occupy Wall Street Applies Here, Too

October 16, 2011 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Oct. 16, 2011 It's Blog Action Day today which coincides with United Nations' World Food Day, so my contribution among 80 countries participating is about food policy, profiteering and public health. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values Tagged With: #BAD11, advertising to kids, Blog action day, Blog Action Day 2011, CCFC, CDD, childhood obesity, corporate social responsibility, CSPI, diabetes, digital ads.org, eat real, Fast Food Nation, food and beverage, Food Day.org, food marketing, FTC, Healthy eating research, in-school marketing, Interagency Working Group, IWG, junk food in schools, Morgan Spurlock, Occupy Madison Avenue, Occupy Wall Street, Prevention Institute, School Nutrition Association, Sensible Food Policy, SunnyD sugar spree, SuperSize Me, unhealthy products, voluntary food guidelines, We're Not Buyin It, World Food Day

Get Greens For Your School: Free Idea Hamster Here to Help

September 12, 2008 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

Free ideas for the asking, folks! It’s not every day you see me donating brain time for a grant tied in with corporate sponsorship, as I can smell a wellness PR ploy a mile away…but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, branding, cancer prevention, CCFC, childrens health, commercialism in schools, dips and veggies, farmers markets, fresh produce, fruits and vegetables, Hidden Valley Ranch, idea hamster, junk food in schools, K-6 schools wellness, kids greens, kids-fitness, love your veggies, LoveYourVeggiesGrant, More Matters, nutrition grants, obesity prevention, PBH, preteen-health, Produce better health, ranch dressing, RWJF, salad bar, salad dressing dips, school lunch, School Nutrition Association, school wellness programs, USDA guidelines, veggies

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