Health Canada to study impact of online food ads on children
After years of promising to ban kids’ food advertising, Health Canada has announced it will spend about $200,000 to study the impact of social media food ads targeting children. Experts hope the move is an indication that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is finally prepared to make good on his word. In a 2015 mandate letter, Trudeau tasked Jane Philpott, the health minister at the time, to introduce “new restrictions on the commercial marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children, similar to those now in place in Quebec.” Get top stories in your inbox. Our award-winning journalist...
Source: nationalobserver.com