Media and Childhood Obesity: Today and Tomorrow

Media and Childhood Obesity: Today and Tomorrow is a joint U.S. Congress and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) task force to review the impact of the media on childhood obesity and any possible regulatory responses.

Members
Task force members include:
 * Kevin Martin FCC Chairman and taskforce Chair
 * Deborah Taylor Tate, FCC commissioner
 * Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)
 * Tim Winter of the Parents Television Council
 * Patti Miller of Children Now
 * Susan Fox from The Walt Disney Company

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Obesity PR

External articles

 * John Eggerton, "D.C. Homes in on Media and Obesity", Broadcasting & Cable, September 25, 2006.
 * John Eggerton, "Martin Unhappy with Snack-Food Marketing: FCC chairman dissapointed that more media companies not limiting food, beverage ads geared toward kids," Broadcasting & Cable, September 23, 2008.