Annotated bibliographies

The Post Standard (Syracuse, NY)
April 5, 2010
Sugar tax is win-win situation
By: Sandra D. lane
Section: opinion; page. A11
New York is facing two crises, a fiscal one and a health one. The much discussed penny-per-ounce “soda tax” under consideration in Albany will help confront both of them by combating childhood obesity while raisin $ 1 billion annually to prevent devastating cuts to health care. Daily per-person soda consumption has almost tripled over the past four decades from calories in the late 1970s, to 190 calories today. Today, obesity is a public health crisis in New York states an incredible 60 percent of adults and one third of children are either overweight or obese. Soda tax will help reduce new Yorkers consumption of exceptionally unhealthy drinks that have been identified as one of the top causes, more so than any other food group of diabetes and obesity.
The New York Times July 15, 2005
Food industry defends marketing to children
By: Melanie Warner
Section: section c; column 2; business/financial desk; media; advertsing; page 5
The Federal State commission’s office discussed world wide a range of issues on marketing food to children. Food companies have often expressed the view that they would be better off regulating themselves than having the government intervene. The chairwoman of the federal trade commission, Deborah Platt majoras, said that having the government ban the marketing of certain types of foods was “neither wise nor viable.” “Under the right circumstances, industry generated action can address problems more quickly, creatively and flexibly than government regulation,” she said. Senator Harkin said the F.T.C (federal trade commission) has authority over ads to adult but not for children.” Food company executives emphasized their efforts to sell healthier food and to provide more education to consumers about healthy eating and regular exercise.
The New York Times January 12, 2005
It’d be easier if SpongeBob were hawking broccoli
By: Marian Burros
Section: section f; column 1; dining in, dining out/style desk; Eating Well; page 5
The Center for Science in Public Interest, a group often critical of the government and the food industry, displayed the packages to show what children are exposed to in a barrage of food marketing. The boxes and containers lined up in a conference room looked like a collection of toys and games, each bearing the likenesses of characters from Shrek to SpongeBob Square pants. The packages contained food: cereals, ofcourse, but also candies, pizza and pancake syrup. Nickelodeon, the children’s cable network and home of spongebob, has been sunning public service announcements to encourage exercise and promote healthful foods.
The New York Times August 12, 1992
Eating Well
By: Marian Burros

Section: section c; page 3; column 1; living desk
The center for science in the public interest the consumer advocacy group in Washington has just released a report on the state of processed foods for children and it doesn’t like what it found. Only seven cereals and one cheese, for example, were included in the top category of foods, those that met all the nutritional and food safety criteria; not one frozen dinner or fast food meal was included in that category. Food safety criteria were also included: no foods could be included among the best if they contained artificial colors, aspartame, caffeine, monosodium glutamate, saccharin, sodium nitrite, sulfites or the antioxidants BHA and BHT. The right thing is to feed children fresh food.
Daily News April 22, 1999
Suit seeks to trash junk food in schools
By Joanne Wasserman
Section: news; page 9
More than half of city schools illegally sell junk food to students, Nutrition advocates charge in a lawsuit filled against the board of education. The group wants the machine removed or a timer placed on them to lock them until after lunchtime. Principles admitted that they sell candy from vending machines to raise money for sports and other extra budgets. Under board of education regulations, junk food such as soda, ices, gums, lollipops etc may not be sold in schools.