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The Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative uses a variety of tools to communicate about the program. These include:

Key Program Documents includes our Core Principles Statement, annual reports on compliance and program progress, nutrition standards and approved products

Fact Sheets on different aspects of the initiative

Public Comments to government regulators and third parties

Speeches and Presentations to other stakeholders in the fight against childhood obesity

An electronic newsletter that reports on program news, pledge developments, and changes in products advertised to children.

Check out our list of links for more information on diet and nutrition.

Key Program Documents

	2011 Progress Report (Dec. 2012) CFBAI Product List (Dec. 2012) Nutrition Standards Table (Dec. 2012) White Paper on CFBAI Uniform Nutrition Criteria Enhanced Core Principles (3rd Edition)(Sept. 2010) 2010 Progress Report (Dec. 2011) 2009 Progress Report (Dec. 2010) 2008 Progress Report (Oct. 2009) 2007 Progress Report (July 2008)

Fact Sheets

CFBAI 2012 Cereals Snapshot (Oct. 2012)
2012 Snapshot of Advertising on Children’s Programming (June 2012)
CFBAI Whole Grains Fact Sheet (May 2012)
CFBAI 2011 Cereals Snapshot (Dec. 2011)
CFBAI Fact Sheet (March 2011)
Audience Definitions (March 2012)
2010 Snapshot of Advertising on Children’s Programming (Sept. 2010)
CARU-CFBAI Fact Sheet (August 2012)
Program Summary Fact Sheet (Sept. 2010)
Program Requirements Fact Sheet (March 2010)
Product Reformulation and Innovation Fact Sheet (Feb. 2010)
Elementary School Advertising Principles (2009)

Public Comments & Statements

Elaine Kolish Statement on FTC Follow-Up Report, "A Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents" (Dec. 2012)
Elaine Kolish Testimony at joint hearing of the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and the Subcommittee on Health (Oct. 2011)
Comments to the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children (July 2011)
CFBAI's Response to the Prevention Institute (Dec. 2012)
Comment to the Presidential Taskforce on Childhood Obesity (March 2010)
Reply Comment to the FCC (March 2010)
FCC Comment (Feb. 2010)
Response to CSPI Elementary School Principle Inquiry (Dec. 2009)
Underwriting of Children’s Programming on PBS by CFBAI Participants (Dec. 2008)

Speeches and Presentations

"New Challenges and Opportunities in Food Marketing to Children and Youth" Institute of Medicine Workshop presentation (Nov. 2012)
The Knife and Fork Show appearance Nov. 2012)
Weight of the Nation Conference Presentation (May 2012)
Prepared Remarks for the Washington Legal Foundation Forum on Benefits of Self Regulation (Nov. 2011)
Prepared Remarks for CFA/GMA National Food Policy Conference (Sept. 2010)
“Sizing Up Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity” FTC Presentation (Dec. 2009)
Prepared Remarks for Children Now’s National Conference (Dec. 2009)

CFBAI Newsletters

Issue 11 - December 20, 2012 (Vol. 4 Issue 2)
Issue 10 - April 4, 2012 (Vol. 4 Issue 1)
Issue 9 - September, 2011 (Vol. 3 Issue 2)
Issue 8 - March, 2011 (Vol. 3 Issue 1)
Issue 7 - November, 2010 (Vol. 2 Issue 3)
Issue 6 - August 13, 2010 (Vol. 2 Issue 2)
Issue 5 - February 4, 2010 (Vol. 2 Issue 1)
Issue 4 - November 16, 2009 (Vol. 1 Issue 4)
Issue 3 - September 2, 2009 (Vol. 1 Issue 3)
Issue 2 - May 27, 2009 (Vol. 1 Issue 2)
Issue 1 - February 10, 2009 (Vol. 1 Issue 1)

Comments to the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children