The Wild Wild West of Food Marketing to Kids: What the Kids are Doing…And What You Can Do About It (Pt. 2)
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Digital food marketing is ubiquitous. But what do teens and tweens see on their devices. And are the kids alright? In Part 2 of our deep-dive into food marketing, a Pressure Cooker investigation takes listeners deep inside some of the most closely guarded spaces in American life today– teenagers phones – and proposes strategies to stop the scroll.  Further Resources:  Food Marketing Literacy 1 (from University of Calgary)  Food Marketing Literacy 2 (from University of Calgary) FTC: Protecting Kids from Stealth Marketing  Common Sense Media: How Teens Can Resist Advertising and Be Smart Consumers National Association for Media Literacy Education:  Equipping Kids with the Skills to Thrive Online  Guidelines for Tweens Guidelines for Teens  Distributed by Lemonada Media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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