Protecting Children from Harmful Food Marketing

This assignment is based upon the article “Protecting Children from Harmful Food Marketing” (see PDF)

Please respond to the following:

·         Briefly summarize the article.

·         How does industry conduct food marketing targeted to children? Why does the article call this form of marketing a toxic environment?

·         How has the food industry attempted to address child-targeted food marketing? Do you believe that industry’s attempts to address child targeted food marketing have been successful? Why or why not?

·         What do you believe government’s role in addressing the food marketing environment should be?

·         What are some policies that a community can apply to reduce marketing of unhealthy food to children?

The assignment is to be written as a paper. One source should be given to support your response in addition to citing the assigned article, which is already embedded in the course. You should use APA format, 12 font, double space, and write between 450–500 words maximum.