FTC to Hold Forum on Food Marketing to Children Tomorrow

Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services               9:00 a.m.

• At 9:30 a.m. the panel will showcase research on how various food advertising techniques impact children’s food choices.
• At 11:15 a.m., the panel is on legal ramifications of restricting advertising to children.
• At 1:30 p.m., the focus turns to the food and entertainment industries’ self regulatory efforts to impose nutritional standards on their marketing to children and adolescents.
• At 3:15 p.m., federal agencies will discuss recommended nutritional standards for foods that are marketed to children.

The forum is free and open to the public. Webcasting will be provided. More information and the agenda can be found at
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/sizingup/
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/sizingup/Agenda.pdf