Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government is introducing a ban on the targeting of junk food adverts at children (Alamy/PA) Just five minutes of exposure to ...

The cereal choices available to children are more nutritious than they were a few years ago. However, a Yale University study says the least nutritious cereals are the ones that run the most ...

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) held its annual Masters of Advertising Law Conference November 11-13 in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, and wow, children’s advertising and privacy was a ...

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 — ...

(Reuters) - While U.S. food companies are making healthier breakfast cereals for children, they're also aiming more ads for their unhealthiest products at kids, according to a report issued on Friday.

Exposure to junk food advertisements (relative to non-food) results in children and adolescents consuming significantly more calories during the day, regardless of the type of media advertising, ...

Ads for food giants KFC and Kellogg's have been banned for promoting junk food to children, one outside a school and the other during a television cartoon programme. The Advertising Standards ...

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, ...