Calls for restricting the marketing of unhealthy food to children: Canadian cardiovascular health care and scientific community get ignored by policy makers. What can they do?

Can J Cardiol. 2014 May;30(5):479-81. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.11.025. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

Authors

Norm Campbell¹, Andrew Pipe², Tara Duhaney³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: ncampbel@ucalgary.ca.
² Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Canadian Hypertension Advisory Committee, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 24630374
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.11.025

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Canada
Cardiovascular Diseases* / etiology
Cardiovascular Diseases* / prevention & control
Cardiovascular Diseases* / psychology
Child
Fast Foods / adverse effects*
Feeding Behavior
Food Industry / legislation & jurisprudence*
Government Regulation
Health Policy*
Humans
Marketing / legislation & jurisprudence*
Societies, Medical / legislation & jurisprudence*