Just five minutes of exposure to junk food advertising can lead children to consume an additional 130 calories daily, equivalent to a small chocolate bar, according to new research. The study, presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Malaga ...

The nation’s largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthy foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government. A coalition of food companies ...

We know obesity rates among black children have long been than higher than among white children. The reasons for this are complicated, but a new study highlights one contributing factor: Black children see way more ads for unhealthy snack foods than ...

CTV publisher Future Today banks on co-viewing to prove the value of household-level targeting against ad impressions served within its children’s streaming app, HappyKids. Future Today can’t track or store personal identifiable information for ...

WASHINGTON -- In a child's buffet of food commercials, more than 40 percent of the dishes are candy, snacks and fast food. Nowhere to be found: fresh fruit, vegetables, poultry or seafood. For years, health officials have warned that kids were being ...