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 ...

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 — ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON -- If we are what we eat and we eat what is advertised, then American children are facing death by junk food. Half of all the advertising time on children's television shows is devoted to ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes ...

Unhealthy food is cheaper than nutritious options in Fiji, driving malnutrition among young children. This was highlighted by ...

Taxpayers subsidize ultra-processed calories through SNAP, the resulting disease through Medicare and Medicaid, and then ...

A personal situation described in a viral Reddit post has drawn thousands of reactions as a man shared that he will not travel with his brother's children for food-focused reasons. The man wondered if ...

The Punjab government is moving to impose broad restrictions on junk and sugary food advertisements, aiming to curb rising ...

The government of Spain, through Ministerio de Consumo under Pablo Bustinduy, has announced it will ban ultra-processed foods ...

“I try to provide a healthy, balanced diet, but I don’t buy [junk food] as routine,” the mom explained on the forum Another Mumsnet user commented, “When they are teens, you have to loosen the ...