Children's exposure to food-related ads on television has significantly decreased since 2013, but they still see over 1,000 mostly unhealthy ads annually, indicating a need for government regulation.

Remember the first time you asked your parents for a kid’s meal? The excitement of opening the newest toy, almost outweighing the meal itself? Most adults don’t. But early on as a parent, you ...

Food ads for kids, and on-screen exposure to tobacco for adults, are still a thing. Two studies suggest that the little ones are bombarded with junk food commercials, and adults are stumbling over ...

Eat clean. Shop smart. Avoid ultra-processed foods. But what does that even mean? “There’s that famous potato chip commercial ...

While many restaurants have healthy options for kids, such options are rarely advertised. This undermines efforts to encourage healthy choices. The focus of recent Ask the Professor posts has been how ...

One of the top sources of added sugar in children’s diets is in their breakfast cereal. A new study shows that advertising drives sales of high-sugar cereals when it’s aimed directly at kids under 12 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of America's largest food and drink companies, including McDonald's, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Mills, promised on Wednesday to put stricter controls on advertising aimed ...

New York State Bill Aims To Take a Bite Out of Junk Food Ads for Kids FTC Alleges Growth Cave "Business Opportunity" Grew Nothing but False Advertising Ingredient Studies Do Not Substantiate Knee Pain ...

Children are impressionable, especially when it comes to junk food, so it was a smart move that the White House and the U.S.Department of Agriculture announced on Tuesday a new measure that forbids ...

US can't address obesity crisis "unless the marketing is drastically lowered." The inundation of junk food advertising is contributing to the rising rate of teen obesity -- a public health crisis ...