A study looked at a year of TV ads on a major, free channel in Australia. A new study in Australia looked at how much junk food advertising kids were exposed to and the numbers were staggering. Food ...

Researchers have long known that junk food advertising can prompt children to eat more. But a new study, presented this week at the European Congress on Obesity in Málaga, Spain, goes further — ...

Doctors along with the Obama administration have proposed a way to change childrens’ diets in an effort to halt the obesity epidemic. The suggestion is to limit or ban fast-food or unhealthy ads from ...

Children will see fewer ads for unhealthy food from this week as a voluntary ban by advertisers takes effect ahead of a full crackdown in January. The move to tackle childhood obesity will stop ads ...

(Reuters) -A White House call to curtail the marketing of unhealthy food to children would be vulnerable to industry lobbying that killed previous government efforts, nutrition and public health ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- If we are what we eat and we eat what is advertised, then American children are facing death by junk food. Half of all the advertising time on children's television shows is devoted to ...

North East mayor Kim McGuiness has teamed up with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to ban junk food adverts from the Tyne and Wear ...

There’s nothing like a picture of a steaming, juicy burger to send hungry folks to the nearest drive-thru, right? Not if you’re a kid. For them, toys and other giveaways are just as effective — which ...

Disney says its programming will no longer be sponsored by junk food. The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will become the first major media company to ban such ads for its TV channels, radio ...

Even Jamie Oliver can't keep his kids from eating pizzas and burgers in their teens. Despite teaching them to cook, Oliver's kids still go through a junk-food phase, he said. Thankfully, "they do come ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's advertising regulator announced new rules on Thursday banning advertising of food or drinks high in sugar, fat or salt in children's non-broadcast media, bringing ...