Food Marketing

PHAI examines how food marketing affects public health, focusing on sugary drinks, unhealthy advertising practices, and the influence on consumer choices. Our nonprofit works to raise awareness and promote healthier communities.

PHAI joins the Center for Digital Democracy and others in complaint to FTC over children’s websites’ “Tell-A-Friend” tactics

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Today the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston has joined a coalition of children’s, health, privacy and consumer advocacy organizations in a complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against several children’s websites for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The offending children’s websites use a […]

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PepsiCo Unfairly and Deceptively Targets Teens with Its “Win from Within” Gatorade Campaign

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The Public Health Advocacy Institute has submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting that it use its authority under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to investigate PepsiCo’s current “Win from Within” commercial television advertisement and commercial website for its Gatorade sports drink product featuring Michael Jordan’s performance during game

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