Big Food Badguys
Posted by jeanne on October 24, 2007
This list comes from Appetite for Profit – How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back, by Michele Simon. Nation Books, 2006.
Appendix 2 – Guide to Industry Groups and Spin Doctoring
Industry trade associations
- American Beverage Association
- Food Products Association
- Grocery Mnufacturers Association
- National Automatic Merchandising Association
- National Restaurant Association
- Snack Food Association
Industry Trade Associations – Advertising
- Alliance for American Advertising
- American Advertising Federation
- American Association of Advertising Agencies
- Association of National Advertisers
- Children’s Advertising Review Unit
Industry Trade Associations – Legal
Industry Front Groups
- American Council on Fitness ad Nutrition
- American Council on Science and Health
- Center for Consumer Freedom (restaurant industry)
- Council for Corporate and School Partnerships (Coke)
- International Food Infomation Council
- Whole Grains Council
Industry Science Institutes and Advisory Boards
- The Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition (General Mills)
- The Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness (Coke)
- Blue Ribbon Advisory Board (Pepsi)
- Campbell’s Center for Nutrition and Wellness (Campbell)
- Gatorade Sports Science Institute (Pepsi)
- Global Advisory Council on Balanced Lifestyles (McDonald’s)
- Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition (Hershey)
- International Life Sciences Institution (member corporations)
- Worldwide Health and Wellness Advisory Council (Kraft)
Corporate Educational Wellness Programs
- Balance First (Pepsi)
- Balanced for Life (Vending machines)
- Brand New You (General Mills)
- Get Active Stay Active (Pepsi)
- Girls on the Run (Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and New Balance Shoes)
- Get Fit Challenge (Kellogg)
- Kidnetic.com (various corporations and industry groups)
- Live-It!, Step With It, and Fit It In (Coke)
- Passport to Play (McDonald’s)
- S.M.A.R.T. Living (Pepsi)
- Salsa, Sabor y Salud (Kraft)
- Weekly Reader MyPyramid (Grocery Manufacturers Association)
Public-Private Partnerships
- America on the Move (Pepsi and Cargill)
- Champions for Healthy Kids (General Mills and American Dietetic Association)
- Coalition for a Healthy and Active America (Coke)
- Coalition for Healthy Children (Ad Council and others)
- Get Kids in Action (Pepsi and UNC Chapel Hill)
- President’s Challenge (General Mills)
- Shaping America’s Youth (Cadbury Schweppes, Campbells, Splenda)
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