The UConn Rudd Center is enrolling parents and children in a study to understand children's media usage and the marketing that appears when they watch videos on smartphones/tablets. Click here to sign up: bit.ly/3bjvBev.

Research from ARCH Nutrition, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and @ATNIndex found that many commercially produced foods marketed for older infants and young children in 3 SE Asia countries have high sodium content and added sugars which are not recommended for this age group. bit.ly/3ogPLZQ

🚨BREAKING 🚨 The Kids Online Safety Act was unanimously advanced to a full floor vote by the Senate Commerce Committee - a major step toward giving US kids the privacy protections they need to thrive!

Great paper out by Blythe Thomas on uniting around nutrition in the first 1000 days. bit.ly/3RYMdse

Thanks @mbranom for great article in The Daily Beast! thedailybeast.com/big-data-could…

Thank you @sdkelleh for covering our research in The New Lede. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…

1,000 Days AJPH A2: The #First1000Days series inspired us to look at the deceptive marketing of toddler milks and fruit drinks. Experts do not recommend serving these sugary drinks to kids, but many parents believe that they are healthy. Read more on this “health halo”: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…

"The success of targeted advertising exacerbates existing inequalities around diet and diet-related diseases in Black and Hispanic communities, the recent Rudd Center report concludes." - Dakota Kim for The Guardian covering our Targeted Marketing Report theguardian.com/environment/20…

#DYK: Companies use a wide range of deceptive marketing tactics to convince kids to stay online and unknowingly give up their data. That's why we're joining our friends Fairplay in asking the FTC to ban manipulative practices aimed at kids. nytimes.com/2022/11/17/bus…

Candy brands don’t belong on cigarettes or alcohol, so why are they on energy drinks? See why Truth in Advertising and the UCONN Rudd Center have filed a deceptive marketing complaint against Ghost: truthinadvertising.org/articles/ghost…

"So to set the record straight, we asked 10 of the top nutrition experts in the United States a simple question: What is one nutrition myth you wish would go away — and why?" - Sophie Egan for NYT Health More: nytimes.com/2023/01/19/wel…

Food and beverage companies' efforts to address poverty and hunger hide the harms their products cause. npr.org/sections/goats…

YouTube child-influencer videos: 4 out of every 10 videos we analyzed contained branded food - mostly candy, snacks, sugary drinks and ice cream. Check out our new paper @RuddCenter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ij…

Thank you Maria Godoy for covering our research on NPR’s All Things Considered. Long time listener, first time interviewee! Junk food abounds on YouTube videos for kids npr.org/2023/02/09/115…

Great follow-up story on our new paper! Thanks Maria Godoy npr.org/sections/healt…

Thank you Peter Suciu for covering our research in Forbes. Great article! #food forbes.com/sites/petersuc…

Great coverage of the mini-mart our colleagues at UNC created to test warning labels! Lindsey Smith Taillie UConn Rudd Center aol.com/news/buy-soda-…

Thank you @jayneore Daron Taylor for an excellent video detailing the various ways food and beverage marketers target kids in digital media. drive.google.com/file/d/1STFM40… wapo.st/3s55Ua5

Thrilled to be evaluating this innovative sugary drinks and ultraprocessed foods tax with the leadership of Luis Fernando Gómez Gutiérrez. and Mercedes Mora. We have so much to learn!

#News: This week, the FTC issued warning letters to food industry groups and dietitian influencers for failing to clearly disclose when the "health advice" they post on social media is sponsored.📱 Learn more from The Washington Post + The Examination: theexamination.org/articles/ftc-c…