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A concrete menu of strategies designed to help you improve nutrition and activity environments on a local level
An online searchable database of promising local policies that affect nutrition and physical activity
In-depth media anaylsis to help you influence public discussion on nutrition, physical activity, and related chronic diseases
A toolkit for adopting the Taking Action Recommendations in your community
A look at how policy can be a tool to help you make lasting changes to nutrition and physical activity environments

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

c/o Prevention Institute

221 Oak Street

Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: 510.444.7738
Fax: 510.663.1280

 
   
RELATED LINKS
  • ENACT: Eliminate School Beverage ContractsENACT: Beverage Contracts
  • ENACT: Eliminate Marketing in SchoolsENACT: Eliminate Marketing in After-School SettingsENACT: Marketing
  • ENACT: Limit Fast Food Outlets in Communities ENACT: Eliminate Co-location of Fast Food in Health Care FacilitiesENACT: Fast Food

Where's the Fruit? Study

 

INDUSTRY PRACTICES

 

From television commercials, to toy promotions, to vending machines in schools, ubiquitous marketing practices by the food industry promotes an environment of unhealthy eating. Children are especially vulnerable to the billions of dollars of advertising spent annually, primarily promoting foods high in fat, sugar, and salt and low in nutritional value.