Our new study of Canadian social media in 2020, which was funded by Heart & Stroke, presents some alarming statistics. The inescapable conclusion is that our kids are being bombarded every day with enticements to consume unhealthy food and drinks. The ubiquity of unhealthy food marketing on social media is hurting our kids and adding to the strains on our health system. The current Wild West of marketing unhealthy food and drink on social media needs to be reined in as part the federal government’s planned new regulations restricting marketing of such products to children under 13 years old. Allowing this loophole could be exploited by industry; the onslaught of social media marketing could actually increase.

Source: thestar November 22, 2022 15:54 UTC