Health Canada contemplates providing food industry with "discretionary" authority to fortify junk foods

Health Canada contemplates providing food industry with "discretionary" authority to fortify junk foods.

Junk food thoughts.

Call to reduce junk food at checkouts.

'Treats', 'sometimes foods', 'junk': a qualitative study exploring 'extra foods' with parents of young children.

OBJECTIVE The present study investigated parents' understanding and approaches to providing energy-dense and nutrient-poor 'extra foods' to pre-school children and explored variation between parents of low and high socio-economic status in relation to these issues. DESIGN We conducted thirteen focus groups. Data were subject to framework analysis. SETTING Child-care centres in distinctly so...

Portion sizes and beyond--government's legal authority to regulate food-industry practices.

1383 der too close. With strong empirical research, it should be possible to identify which marketing strategies place people at risk or undermine their health, as well as to quantify the magnitude of risk. This kind of knowledge should be applied in informing regulations that could govern the design and placement of foods in retail outlets to protect consumers. We need to test new approaches t...