I just came across this blog entry from the Nourish Interactive website, posted today, entitled "Overcoming Obstacles to Having Kids Eat Healthier Foods." It has a lot of great tips and article links.
Here's an excerpt:
"There has been increasing media attention about junk food marketing to kids recently. It’s about time! Time for Kids reported a study in 1997 that, ” Children ages 8-12 were found to see the most TV food ads. They watch about 7,600 of them a year. Teens see about 6,000 food ads a year, and children ages 2-7 see about 4,400 a year.” In 1999 the Yale Rudd Center did a study on marketing high sugar cereals to kids."
To read more, and you should, click here!