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2005 - Annual Trends Report
Empty Calories: Commercializing Activities in America's Schools
Date:
November 2005
Authors:
Institution:
Arizona State University
Source:
Education Policy Studies Laboratory
The Eighth Annual Report on Schoolhouse
Commercialism Trends, Year 2004-2005, finds that criticism of commercial advertising and marketing
to children in schools is on the rise. Most of this criticism is directed at marketing activities
that are thought to have a negative impact on children's health.
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