Health Report - Separate stories podcast   /     Misleading marketing of unhealthy toddler foods

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A new report has exposed how some manufacturers of toddler foods use marketing to sell unhealthy foods to busy parents. Also, a convincing study on replacing salt with potassium for cardiovascular health. And a concerning study about cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia in a country where weed has been legalised. ReferencesConfectionery is being marketed to parents as nutritious toddler food, report findsSalt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Cerebrovascular DiseaseSodium Reduction Legislation and Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure in South AfricaCannabis and schizophrenia incidence

Summary

A new report has exposed how some manufacturers of toddler foods use marketing to sell unhealthy foods to busy parents.  Also, a convincing study on replacing salt with potassium for cardiovascular health.  And a concerning study about cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia in a country where weed has been legalised.  References Confectionery is being marketed to parents as nutritious toddler food, report finds Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Cerebrovascular Disease Sodium Reduction Legislation and Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure in South Africa Cannabis and schizophrenia incidence

Subtitle
A new report has exposed how some manufacturers of toddler foods use marketing to sell unhealthy foods to busy parents.  Also, a convincing study on replacing salt with potassium for cardiovascular health.  And a concerning study about cannabis use
Duration
0:10:09
Publishing date
2025-02-15 05:05
Link
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/toddler-foods-misleading-marketing/104938210
Contributors
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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