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(NOTE that references to photos apply to the printed versions of the articles and not necessarily to the online versions)AUST, June 3, page 15, editorial, `Fatuous and flabby'. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25578253-25209,00.html AUST, June 3, page 14, comment by Dick Telford, `A fat lot of good this research does'. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25577938-5013479,00.html AGE, June 3, page 7, news item by Ari Sharp, `Anger at lack of action on obesity'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/anger-at-lack-of-action-on-obesity-20090602-buck.html AGE, June 3, page 14 editorial, `Fat chance that report will change food ads'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/fat-chance-that-report-will-change-food-ads-20090602-bua3.html AUST, June 2, page 3, news item by Siobhain Ryan, `Shape up, Canberra tells food industry'. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25572849-2702,00.html?from=public_rss AGE, June 2, page 3, news item by Ari Sharp, `Last chance to cut back on children's junk food ads'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/last-chance-to-cut-back-on-childrens-junk-food-ads-20090601-bt0a.html AGE, May 31, page 5, news item (contains statistics) by Julian Lee, `Boom time for burgers - and diet products'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/boom-time-for-burgers--and-diet-products-20090530-br43.html AGE, June 11, page 17, comment by Patricia Edgar, `Web opens new front in old battle'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/web-opens-new-front-in-old-battle-20090610-c3l4.html AGE, June 9, page 4, news item by Daniella Miletic, `Health groups want ban on junk-food marketing ploys'. (photo in online version) http://www.theage.com.au/national/health-groups-want-ban-on-junkfood-marketing-ploys-20090608-c0ut.html AUST, June 17, page 3, news item (with survey statistics) by Lunn and Velszadeh, `Eat-your-greens fight a lost cause'. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25648340-23289,00.html H/SUN, June 26, page 13, news item, `Ad code for fast foods'. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25691309-662,00.html AUST, June 26, page 3, news item by Lara Sinclair, `Maccas agrees to rein in kids' ads'. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25691958-2702,00.html AGE, June 26, page 3, news item by Julian Lee, `Fast food marketing pledge called spin'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/fast-food-marketing-pledge-called-spin-20090625-cy8p.html H/SUN, July 6, page 4, news item by Grant McArthur, `Young eat way to ill health'. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25737493-662,00.html AGE, July 6, page 11, comment by Doug Hendrie, `How the power of peer pressure can make us healthier'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/how-peer-pressure-can-make-us-healthier-20090705-d97m.html AGE, July 6, page 3, news item (contains statistics) by N Miller, `Obesity plague "no myth"'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/obesity-plague-no-myth-20090705-d973.html AGE, July 5, page 17, comment by Chris Berg, `Silly recommendations are very bad for our health'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/silly-recommendations-are-very-bad-for-our-health-20090704-d8gd.html AGE, July 3, page 13, comment (ref to advertising on TV, television programs for children and effects on habits, incl diet) by Patricia Edgar, `Children are not just little consumers'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/children-are-not-just-little-consumers-20090702-d6fn.html?page=-1 Scroll down for examples of how newspapers treated this media issueAGE, July 5, page 17, comment by Chris Berg, `Silly recommendations are very bad for our health'. H/SUN, July 6, page 4, news item by Grant McArthur, `Young eat way to ill health'. AUST, June 26, page 3, news item by Lara Sinclair, `Maccas agrees to rein in kids' ads'. AGE, June 11, page 17, comment by Patricia Edgar, `Web opens new front in old battle'. |