9 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Researchers analyzed the effectiveness of the European Union Pledge, a self-regulation initiative of leading food companies at the European level, in restricting television advertising of food and drink products high in fat, sugar or salt to children. Results indicated that effectiveness was limited by the focus on children's program and the relatively lenient nutritional criteria agreed to by signatory companies.
6 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Describes the scope, mission, and activities of Results, an international citizen's lobby which has grown to include 150 groups in seven countries. Focuses on these major approaches to ending hunger and poverty in the Third World: small-farmer agricultural development, improving the survival of small children through immunization, oral rehydration therapy, breast-feeding and growth monitoring, promoting small loans to the poorest people. and adopting concrete, measurable goals to reduce global poverty.