You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 128 results
September 9, 2013 | Commentary
Unhealthy food and beverage marketing can increase children's risk for obesity. A new commentary in Health Affairs examines past efforts to limit unhealthy marketing and provides recommendations for the future.
August 29, 2013 | Infographic
Fast-food companies emphasize toy giveaways and movie tie-ins when marketing to kids on television, which suggests the industry is not abiding by its own pledges regarding child-directed marketing. Share this infographic.
August 28, 2013 | News Release
New study finds McDonald’s and Burger King responsible for 99 percent of fast-food television ads for kids, suggests industry’s efforts to self-regulate its marketing practices are ineffective.
August 28, 2013 | Journal Article
Television ads for fast-food children's meals were compared with adult advertisements to assess companies' compliance with self-regulatory pledges.
August 27, 2013 | News Release
According to a new study, cereal companies promote unhealthy products to children using messages and images that exploit their imaginations and mislead them about the characteristics of a product.
August 6, 2013 | Journal Article
Television ads for unhealthy products dominate food and beverage marketing aimed at youth; fast food restaurants and carbonated beverages top the list.
July 15, 2013 | Journal Article
This study assesses the foods, and their nutritional quality, that are most frequently promoted with familiar characters in child-targeted advertising.
June 24, 2013 | Story
May/June 2013 edition of Leaders' Link
May 9, 2013 | Journal Article
Teenagers’ brains respond differently to food advertisements than non-food advertisements and programming on television.
May 8, 2013 | News Release
More than 84 percent of all foods and beverages advertised to children on Spanish-language television shows are unhealthy, according to a new study.