Mar 16 2021
Nutrition: Marketing of Unhealthy Food to Children
This is the safefood Nutrition podcast presented by Dr Aileen McGloin, safefood’s Director of Marketing and Communications, which looks at key issues like obesity, weight stigma, sustainability and health in the media. In this episode, we talk to Dr Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology and Childhood, at The Open University (UK) and Mr. Chris Macey, Head of Advocacy at the Irish Heart Foundation. We look at the marketing of unhealthy food to children, with emphasis on digital media. We’ll examine the evidence on the extent, and impact, of marketing of unhealthy food to children, as well as how it’s currently being tackled in the UK and Republic of Ireland.