Food Marketing to — and Research on — Children: New Directions for Regulation in the United States. Issue 3 (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pomeranz, Jennifer L.; Mozaffarian, Dariush
• Editors: Walter-McCabe, Heather; Chen, Alexander
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 50:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 542
• Page End: 550
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: Food Marketing -- First Amendment -- Market Research on Children -- Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices; Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1017/jme.2022.92
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Abstract: As countries around the world work to restrict unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children, the U.S. remains reliant on industry-self regulation. The First Amendment's protection for commercial speech and previous gutting of the Federal Trade Commission's authority pose barriers to restricting food marketing to children. However, false, unfair, and deceptive acts and practices remain subject to regulation and provide an avenue to address marketing to young children, modern practices that have evaded regulation, and gaps in the food and beverage industry's self-regulatory approach.