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Governmental reports

Global strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (May 22, 2004)
Set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children (May 21, 2010)
Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (April 18, 2008)
Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases:implementation of the global strategy (May 23, 2007)
Marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children (May 21, 2010)
USA: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts
CANADA: Code for Broadcast Advertising of Alcoholic beverages (Aug. 1, 1996)
School Policy Framework:implementation of the WHO Global strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
UK: HFSS advertising restrictions:final review (July 26, 2010)
Codigo de autorregulacion de la publicidad de alimentos dirigida a menores, prevencion de la obesidad y salud (March 25, 2005)
Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States con (March 10, 2010)
International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (May 21, 1981)
UK: Changes in Food and Drink Advertising and Promotion to Children (Oct. 13, 2008)
US: Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents. A review of Industry Expenditures, Activities and Self-regulation (July 31, 2007)
UK: House of Commons Health Committee: Obesity:Third Report of Session 2003/4. (May 10, 2004)
A framework to monitor and evaluate implementation-WHO global strategy on Diet, Physical activity and Health. (May 22, 2004)
USA: Effectively embedded:Schools and The Machinary Of Modern Marketing-The Thirteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends:2009-2010 (Dec. 2, 2010)
The Extent, Nature and Effects of Food Promotion to Children: a Review of the Evidence to December 2008 (Dec. 1, 2009)
The extent, nature and effects of food promotion to children (July 1, 2006)
Marketing Activities of Global Soft Drink and Fast Food Companies in Emerging Markets: A Review (Nov. 1, 2002)
UK: New Research on advertising Foods to Children: An updated review of the Literature, in Television Advertising of Food and Drink products to children (March 28, 2006)
Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children, Report of a WHO forum and Technical Meeting (May 5, 2006)
US: Preliminary proposed nutrition principles to guide industry self-regulatory efforts (April 29, 2011)
Canada: Broadcast code for advertising to children (Sept. 1, 2007)
IFBA Global policy on Marketing and Advertising to Children (June 15, 2010)
International Association of Consumer Food Organizations for the World Health organisation consultation on a global strategy for diet and health
SAN FRANCISCO: Ordinance amending Article 8 of the San Francisco Health code to set nutritional standards for restaurant food sold accompanied by toys or other youth focused incentives (Feb. 11, 2010)
USA: Sugar Sweetened Beverages Executive Order of Thomas Menino, City of Boston, US (July 4, 2011)
Europe: Advertising and marketing practices on child obesity: Compilation of Food experts notes (Feb. 1, 2008)

Academic reports

US: Cereal Facts:Evaluating the nutritional quality and marketing of children's cereals (March 31, 2009)
STRATHCLYDE: Review of Research on the Effects of Food Promotion to Children,Final Report (Sept. 22, 2003)
US: The Twelfth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends 2008-9 (Oct. 6, 2009)
US: Effectively Embedded: The Thirteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing trends 2009-10 (Dec. 2, 2010)
Junk Food Advertising to Children and Adolescents in Fiji
Self-Regulation, Marketing Communications and Childhood Obesity: A Critical Review from New Zealand (Nov. 20, 2006)
USA: Calories for Sale:Food marketing to children in the twenty first centuary
USA: Regulating Food marketing to young people Worldwide: trends and Policy Drivers
marketing of foodstuffs in post primary schools in Ireland
Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Indigenous Australian youths (May 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and associated psychological problems in Qatari's female population (May 1, 2006)

Academic papers

USA: Interactive Food and Beverage Marketing: Targeting Children and Youth in the Digital Age (April 14, 2009)
New Zealand: Advertising and Obesity: A behavioural Perspective
NEW York: Food Industry promises to address Childhood Obesity: Preliminary evaluation
UK: Analysing Advergames:Active Diversions or Actually Deception
New Zealand: Marketing communications and obesity: a view from the dark side (Dec. 8, 2005)
Australia: The cost-effectiveness of removing television advertising of high-fat and/or high-sugar food and beverages to Australian children (Aug. 4, 2009)
Australia: By how much would limiting TV food advertising reduce childhood obesity? (March 26, 2009)
USA: Alternative thinking about starting points of obesity. Development of child taste preferences (Jan. 14, 2011)
USA: The Food Marketing Defense Model: Integrating Psychological Research to Protect Youth and Inform Public Policy (Nov. 24, 2009)
Decisions about weight management: a synthesis of qualitative studies of obesity. (Sept. 20, 2011)
A synthesis of qualitative research on overweight and obese people's views and experiences of weight management. (Sept. 20, 2011)
The measurement of maternal obesity: can we do better? (Sept. 20, 2011)
Government regulation to promote healthy food environments – a view from inside state governments (Sept. 29, 2011)
Selected eating behaviours and excess body weight: a systematic review (Sept. 28, 2011)
The relationship between obesity and hypoferraemia in adults: a systematic review. (Oct. 9, 2011)
Causes and consequences of obesity: the contribution of recent twin studies (Oct. 11, 2011)
Overweight prevention strategies in preschool children (Oct. 12, 2011)
Does greener mean thinner? Associations between neighbourhood greenspace and weight status among adults in England (Oct. 11, 2011)
Age differences in the association of childhood obesity with area-level and school-level deprivation: cross-classified multilevel analysis of cross-sectional data (Oct. 18, 2011)
Preventing and treating childhood obesity: time to target fathers. (Oct. 18, 2011)
Age standardization in mapping adult overweight and obesity trends in the WHO European Region. (Nov. 7, 2011)
A synthesis of existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses of school-based behavioural interventions for controlling and preventing obesity (Nov. 10, 2011)
Drinking to our health: can beverage companies cut calories while maintaining profits? (Nov. 10, 2011)
Altered expression of gustatory-signaling elements in gastric tissue of morbidly obese patients (Nov. 15, 2011)
EPODE approach for childhood obesity prevention: methods, progress and international development. (Nov. 23, 2011)
Endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress in obese children and adolescents: markers and effect of lifestyle intervention. (Dec. 1, 2011)
Relation between sleep duration and BMI varies by age and sex in youth age 8–19. (Dec. 1, 2011)
Physical activity fluctuations and body fat during adolescence. (Dec. 1, 2011)
Association between TV viewing, computer use and overweight, determinants and competing activities of screen time in 4- to 13-year-old children (Dec. 13, 2011)
Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity in the adult population of Spain, 2008–2010: the ENRICA study. (Dec. 12, 2011)
Economic impact of childhood obesity on health systems: a systematic review (Dec. 29, 2011)
The impact of extended care on the long-term maintenance of weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Dec. 29, 2011)
The night-eating syndrome and obesity (Jan. 4, 2012)
Systematic review of family and home-based interventions targeting paediatric overweight and obesity (Jan. 6, 2012)
Childhood psychological function and obesity risk across the lifecourse: findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study (Jan. 10, 2012)
Physical activity and weight gain prevention in older men (Jan. 10, 2012)
Oestradiol is a protective factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in healthy men (Jan. 12, 2012)
One size fits all? Gender as an issue in obesity (Jan. 11, 2012)
The long-term cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions: systematic literature review (Jan. 17, 2012)
Quality of life of obese children in Malaysia (Oct. 1, 2011)
Trends in obesity among Korean children using four different criteria (Aug. 1, 2011)
Metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity in children and adolescents in Jordan (Aug. 1, 2011)
Waist circumference percentile curves for Malaysian children and adolescents aged 6.0–16.9 years (Aug. 1, 2011)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Portuguese youth: A study in a representative sample of 10–18-year-old children and adolescents (June 1, 2011)
Nationally representative waist circumference percentiles in German adolescents aged 11.0–18.0 years (June 1, 2011)
Age-specific stabilization in obesity prevalence in German children: A cross-sectional study from 1999 to 2008 (June 1, 2011)
Overweight and obesity prevalence and body mass index trends in Indian children (June 1, 2011)
Global epidemics of childhood obesity is hitting a ‘less industrialized’ corner in Asia: a case study in Macao (June 1, 2011)
Prevalence of obesity and body mass index correlates in a representative sample of Cretan school children (April 1, 2011)
Trends and racial/ethnic disparities in severe obesity among US children and adolescents, 1976–2006 (Feb. 1, 2011)
Body mass index and percent body fat in a New Zealand multi-ethnic adolescent population (Feb. 1, 2011)
Gestational weight gain and overweight in children: Results from the cross-sectional German KiGGS study (Feb. 1, 2011)
Overweight among New Zealand adolescents: Associations with ethnicity and deprivation (Dec. 1, 2010)
Influence of socioeconomic factors on fitness and fatness in Spanish adolescents: The AVENA study (Dec. 1, 2010)
Body weight status and obstructive sleep apnea in children (Jan. 24, 2012)
Mediterranean diet and waist circumference in a representative national sample of young Spaniards (Dec. 1, 2010)
China joins the fatter nations (Oct. 1, 2010)
Temporal trends in overweight and obesity of children and adolescents from nine Provinces in China from 1991–2006 (Oct. 1, 2010)
Trends in overweight among school children and adolescents in seven Chinese Provinces, from 1991–2004 (Oct. 1, 2010)
Prevalence and behavioral risk factors of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–18 in Beijing, China (Oct. 1, 2010)
Factors associated with adolescent overweight/obesity in Ho Chi Minh city (Oct. 1, 2010)
Body mass index and individual physical fitness tests in Taiwanese youth aged 9–18 years (Oct. 1, 2010)
Assessment of total and central adiposity in Canadian Aboriginal children and their Caucasian peers (Aug. 1, 2010)
Rural-urban differences in overweight and obesity among a large sample of adolescents in Ontario (Aug. 1, 2010)
The relationship between school day sleep duration and body mass index in Norwegian children (aged 10–12) (May 1, 2010)
A systematic review and mixed treatment comparison of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of obesity (Jan. 30, 2012)
Promoter methylation of serotonin transporter gene is associated with obesity measures: a monozygotic twin study (Jan. 31, 2012)
Canadian childhood obesity estimates based on WHO, IOTF and CDC cut- points (May 1, 2010)
Prevalence of overweight and underweight in public and private schools in the Seychelles (May 1, 2010)
Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2006 (April 1, 2010)
Sociodemographic factors and a secular trend of adolescent overweight in Finland (March 1, 2010)
Waist circumference percentile curves for Bulgarian children and adolescents aged 6–18 years (April 1, 2010)
Shifting curves? Trends trends in thinness and obesity among Australian youth, 1985 to 2010 (Feb. 1, 2012)
The ‘ToyBox-study’ obesity prevention programme in early childhood: an introduction (Feb. 6, 2012)
Spatial accessibility to physical activity facilities and to food outlets and overweight in French youth (open access) (Feb. 7, 2012)
Nutrition standards for away-from-home foods in the USA (Feb. 13, 2012)
Association between socioeconomic status indicators and obesity in adolescent students in Botswana, an African country in rapid nutrition transition (Feb. 10, 2012)
Child overweight and obesity in the USA: Prevalence rates according to IOTF definitions (July 1, 2007)
Changes in the prevalence of overweight, obesity and thinness in Algerian children between 2001 and 2006 (April 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–5 years in Bahrain: A comparison between two reference standards (April 1, 2009)
Increased obesity in children living in rural communities of Louisiana (April 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in non-institutionalized people aged 65 or over from Spain: the elderly EXERNET multi-centre study (Aug. 1, 2011)
Prevalence and secular changes in abdominal obesity in Canadian adolescents and adults, 1981 to 2007–2009 (June 1, 2011)
Stabilization of overweight prevalence in French children between 2000 and 2007 (April 1, 2009)
Overweight and obesity in a representative sample of schoolchildren – exploring the urban–rural gradient in Sweden (May 1, 2011)
Over and undernutrition in the children of Australian immigrants: Assessing the influence of birthplace of primary carer and English language use at home on the nutritional status of 4–5-year-olds (April 1, 2009)
Prevalence of obesity and overweight in urban adult Nigerians (April 1, 2011)
Prevalence of obesity in Switzerland 1992–2007: the impact of education, income and occupational class (March 1, 2011)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Sri Lankan adults (Nov. 1, 2010)
Prevalence of obesity in Dakar (Oct. 1, 2010)
Body mass index and waist circumference in Mozambique: urban/rural gap during epidemiological transition (Sept. 1, 2010)
Trends in overweight and obesity in Swedish schoolchildren 1999–2005: has the epidemic reached a plateau?
The prevalence and trends of overweight, obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in the Arabian Gulf States (Jan. 1, 2011)
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Danish school children (July 1, 2010)
Trends in overweight and obese adults in Malaysia (1996–2009): a systematic review (June 1, 2010)
Prevalence of obesity and overweight among adults in Iran (May 1, 2010)
The weight of US residence among immigrants: a systematic review (April 1, 2010)
Percentile distributions of waist circumference for 7–19-year-old Polish children and adolescents (April 1, 2010)
Twenty-year changes in the prevalence of obesity among Finnish adults (March 1, 2010)
Prevalence of obesity in Indian women (Feb. 1, 2010)
A national survey of the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Italy (Jan. 1, 2010)
Prevalence of obesity in Thailand (Nov. 1, 2009)
Prevalence of educational inequalities in obesity between 1970 and 2003 in France (Sept. 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight in Bolivia: data on women and adolescents (July 1, 2009)
Obesity in the news: directions for future research (Feb. 17, 2012)
Gestational weight gain and predicted changes in offspring anthropometrics between early infancy and 3 years (Feb. 10, 2012)
Trends in body mass index and waist circumference among New Zealand adolescents, 1997/1998–2005 (July 1, 2009)
Prevalence of obesity among children aged 6–7 years in South-East Serbia (May 1, 2009)
Prevalence of obesity and associated socioeconomic factors among Tunisian women from different living environments (March 1, 2009)
Obesity in the Iranian population (Jan. 1, 2009)
Prevalence of overweight in the Seychelles: 15 year trends and association with socio-economic status (Nov. 1, 2008)
Changing patterns of diet, physical activity and obesity among urban, rural and slum populations in north India (Sept. 1, 2008)
Prevalence and time trends in obesity among adult West African populations: a meta-analysis (July 1, 2008)
Social-environmental factors associated with elevated body mass index in a Ukrainian cohort of children (April 1, 2009)
Body mass index estimation in a school-entry aged cohort in Malta (April 1, 2009)
Overweight and obesity in preadolescent children and their parents in Cyprus: prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors – the CYKIDS study (May 1, 2008)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in young Greek men (March 1, 2008)
Predictors of body mass index change in Australian primary school children (April 1, 2009)
Obesity, overweight and body-weight perception in a High Atlas Moroccan population (March 1, 2008)
Rural Canadian adolescents are more likely to be obese compared with urban adolescents (March 1, 2008)
Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults (March 1, 2008)
Central adiposity in 9- and 15-year-old Swedish children from the European Youth Heart Study (March 1, 2008)
Neighborhood characteristics in relation to diet, physical activity and overweight of Canadian children (March 1, 2008)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 11-year-old children in Cyprus, 1997–2003 (March 1, 2008)
Factors associated with obesity in Indonesian adolescents (March 1, 2008)
Overweight and obesity are rapidly emerging among adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2002–2004 (March 1, 2007)
Associations between family circumstance and weight status of Australian children (Feb. 1, 2007)
Correlates of body mass index among a nationally representative sample of New Zealand children (Feb. 1, 2007)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children and associated socio-demographic factors in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Feb. 1, 2007)
Obesity in a provincial population of Canadian preschool children: Differences between 1984 and 1997 birth cohorts (Feb. 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity in 6- and 9-year-old children living in Central-North Italy. Analysis of determinants and indicators of risk of overweight (Jan. 1, 2008)
Overweight and obesity in Portugal: national prevalence in 2003–2005 (Jan. 1, 2008)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos, Nigeria (Nov. 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity in 4–18-year-old population in the Basque Country, Spain (July 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity among schoolchildren in Iran (July 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity in Denmark (May 1, 2007)
Prevalence and socioeconomic risk factors of obesity among urban female students in Al-Khobar city, Eastern Saudi Arabia, 2003 (March 1, 2007)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Netherlands (March 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity, central obesity and the associated factors in urban population aged 20–70 years, in the north of Iran: a population-based study and regression approach (Jan. 1, 2007)
Prevalence of obesity in Morocco (Jan. 1, 2007)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in the United Arab Emirates (Jan. 1, 2007)
Obesity in South Africa (Nov. 1, 2006)
Prevalence of obesity in Portugal (Aug. 1, 2006)
Prevalence of obesity in Kuwait and its relation to sociocultural variables (May 1, 2006)

Scientific reports

USA: Fast Food Facts: Food advertising to children and teens score. Evaluating Fast Food Nutrition and Marketing to Youth (Dec. 3, 2010)
Global: Marketing Food to Children- the Global Regulatory Environment (Jan. 1, 2004)
Food advertising and marketing directed at Children and Adolescents in the US (Oct. 2, 2004)
Europe: Study on the impact of advertising and teleshopping on minors-summaries
UK: stakeholder views on policy options for marketing food and beverages to children (Dec. 1, 2009)

Technical reports

Australia: A comprehensive Approach to Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Advertising and Promotion (Aug. 1, 2010)

NGO reports

UK: Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing
Australia: Food Marketing to Children in Australia
USA: Report of the APA Task Force on Advertising and Children (Feb. 20, 2004)
The Marketing of unhealthy food to children in Europe (Jan. 1, 2005)
Asia: The Junk Food Trap - Marketing unhealthy food to children in Asia Pacific (Sept. 1, 2008)
Australia: What are we feeding our children? - A junk food advertising audit (Feb. 1, 2003)
UK: Left Wanting More- Food company policies on marketing to children (March 1, 2009)

Government campaigns

UK: Annex to Consultation on Television Advertising of Food and Drink to Children (Nov. 17, 2006)

Commercial statements

Coca-Cola EU Pledge
Ferrero EU Pledge
Mars EU Pledge
General Mills / CPW
Nestlé
Unilever
Kellogg
Kraft
Danone
Burger King
PepsiCo
Australia: Alcohol Beverages Advertising Codes (Jan. 1, 2004)
France: The ICC Consolidated Code on Advertising and Marketing Communication Practice
France: ICC Framework for Responsible Food and Beverage Communications (April 20, 2004)
Australian quick service restaurant industry initiative for responsible advertising and marketing to children (June 25, 2009)

Advocacy statements

US: Facebook Implements Additional Alcohol Advertisement Guidelines (Oct. 8, 2010)
Responcible marketing and advertising to children (May 13, 2008)
Recommendations for an International Code on Marketing of Foods and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to children (May 23, 2007)
UK: New Media, Same Old Tricks-A Survey of the Marketing of Food to Children on Food Company Websites (March 1, 2009)
UK: children targeted by online advertisements (Jan. 31, 2011)
Australia: Obesity policy Coalition A comprehensive policy approach to protecting children from unhealthy food advertising and promotion
US: Public Health Advocacy Institute Special Section, legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic

Civil society statements

Europe: The Polmark project:policies on marketing food and beverages to children (July 13, 2010)
USA: Left wanting more. Food company policies on marketing to children
UK: Cartoon Heroes and Villains (Aug. 1, 2007)
UK: How Parents are Being Misled. A campaign report on children's food marketing (Sept. 27, 2008)
UK: Cereal Offences-A wake-up call on the marketing of unhealthy food to children (Oct. 1, 2008)
US: It's Child Play:Advergaming and the Online Marketing of Food to Children (July 1, 2006)
UK: Child Catchers:-the tricks used to push unhealthy food to your children (Jan. 1, 2006)
Australia: A comprehensive approach to protecting children from unhealthy food advertising and promotion (April 13, 2011)
Australia: Advertising in 'Tween' Magazines: Exploring the Considerations and Opportunities (July 12, 2009)
UK: Fair Game? Assessing Comemercial Activity on Children's Favourite Websites and Online Environments (March 5, 2007)
UK: Fried and tested: an examination of the marketing of fast food to children (Sept. 1, 2009)
UK: Food fables-the second sitting. The truth behind how companies target children
UK: Children's food examined: An examination of the nutritional values of 358 foods aimed at children

National policies on food marketing to children in the european region. A reference guide
UK: Children's Views on non-broadcast food and drink advertising - Report for the Office of the Children's Commissioner (Sept. 1, 2006)
Asia: The Junk Food Generation- A multi-country survey of the influence of television advertisements on children (Jan. 1, 2004)
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