The report also found that African American kids and teens are exposed to at least 50% more fast food ads than their white counterparts. The marketing seems to be working: a whopping 40% of ...

Although one in three American children are overweight or obese, fast food companies continue to spend billions advertising mostly unhealthy foods to children and teens, according to a new study by ...

The fast-food industry spends $5 billion on advertising and is disproportionately targeting children in general and Black and Latino youth in particular, according to the Fast Food FACTS 2021 ...

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 — ...

The numbers, though alarming, are not surprising since billions of dollars are spent each year on fast-food advertising directed at kids, said lead author Dr. David Ludwig, director of the obesity ...

the racial gap in exposure to food advertising grew between 2003 and 2007, particularly for fast food advertisements. By 2007, black children aged 2 to 5, 6 to 11, and 12 to 17 years saw 1.5 ...

On average, preschoolers under age 6 saw almost three fast food ads on TV every day, while older children and teens (12-17 years old) saw almost five ads daily. Fast food companies also frequently ...

One study found that advertising “healthy” McDonald’s Happy Meals to children simply increased their liking for fast food overall and did nothing to encourage them to choose a healthier option.

Pre-school age children who are exposed to child-targeted fast-food advertising on television are considerably more likely to consume fast-food products, according to a recent Dartmouth-led study ...

Research has shown how even adverts which show a familiar fast food brand logo - but no food product - cause kids to eat more of any food they are given. The study involved 240 children aged seven ...

Five minutes of junk food advertising is enough to persuade children to eat an extra 130 ... to buy the particular food or go and consume fast food, it was just a prompt to consume what was ...

A scientist Lauryna Nelkine rounded up the top 10 lowest-calorie kids' meals from the most popular fast food chains. Getty Images Yes, you read that right. The idea of healthy fast food might ...