Study: Filipino kids' food loaded with sugar, sold with 'misleading' labelsBased on the data from Packworks’ business intelligence tool Sari IQ, 75 percent of the thousands of sari-sari stores analyzed are owned by women. The study, which assessed over 180 infant cereals, snacks and meals, also found widespread use of misleading labels and a lack of strict government regulations on these products. The UNICEF and COMMIT study noted that most unhealthy food products are marketed and promoted as suitable for consumption by children aged six months to three years old. One in four food products assessed for the study also does not recommend the minimum age of consumption as at least six months old. They also called to ban "misleading marketing and labeling" of food and to educate parents about "deceptive marketing and labeling practices."
