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Kids See Fewer Ads for Sweets, More for Fast Food

WebMD Health  Tue, 07/06/2010 - 18:33

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Children are seeing fewer commercials hawking cookies, candy bars, and sugar-sweetened beverages, but more TV ads for fast food restaurants.


 

Study: Banning fast-food TV ads could dent obesity

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 02:29

ATLANTA (AP) -- A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads....