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2006 - Research and Writing
A National Survey of the Types and Extent of the Marketing of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value in Schools
Date:
September 2006
Authors:
Alex Molnar, David R. Garcia, Faith Boninger, and Bruce Merrill
Institution:
Arizona State University
Source:
Commercialism in Education Research Unit
This national survey of district public school officials finds that advertising in schools is pervasive, that it is dominated by corporations that
sell foods of minimal nutritional value and foods high in fat and sugar, that schools make little money from their participation in advertising,
and that most schools’ programs would not be reduced if advertising were eliminated.
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