A crackdown on advertising for unhealthy food comes into full effect on Monday in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. The ban ...

The UK government has cracked down on when and how brands are permitted to advertise unhealthy food, in an effort to curb the ...

The UK has introduced advertising restrictions to shield children from junk food adverts and improve long-term health ...

A quartet of US senators cited studies showing that a high percentage of the ads for unhealthy food seen by children can be traced to one source: Nickelodeon; and further, that the majority of ads ...

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 — ...

A gummy candy shimmies on stage, dancing to “Flashdance.” The music swells, it pulls a chain and is showered in multi-colored candies. The ad, for Nerds Gummy Clusters, was one of dozens of food ads ...

Children and teenagers who watch junk food advertisements consume more calories during the day, regardless of the type of media used, a new UK-led study has found. Researchers said just five minutes ...

A study looked at a year of TV ads on a major, free channel in Australia. A new study in Australia looked at how much junk food advertising kids were exposed to and the numbers were staggering. Food ...

New regulations come into force on Jan 5 in Britain with a ban on daytime TV and online advertisements for so-called junk ...

* Junk foods ads most prevalent in U.S., Germany * Researchers say limiting them could help prevent obesity By Elke Bun AMSTERDAM, May 8 (Reuters) - Junk food ads account for two-thirds of televised ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Junk food ads account for two-thirds of televised advertisements for food that are shown when children are likely to be watching, researchers into obesity said Friday, based on a ...