Banning ads on certain TV programs for fast food in the U.S. could reduce the number of children in the U.S. who are overweight by up to 18 percent. Those are the findings of a new study published in the "Journal of Law and Economics."
Read more...This past summer, the Evil Food Conglomerates of America agreed to "limit" advertising that "targeted children," though their definition of that is loose enough to keep selling a lot of Pop-Tarts to...
Read more...Children?s weight gain is linked to the frequency of fast food advertisements on television, according to a new study.
Read more...When impoverished children do eat, they often eat the wrong things, the study finds.
Read more...By JAN JARVIS Researchers have long blamed childhood obesity and diabetes, especially in poor neighborhoods, on too much food and too little exercise. But new findings from a San Antonio study point to another explanation: Children living in poverty are obese in part because they don’t eat enough to meet the daily nutritional requirements needed for cell function and metabolism. A 9-year-old ...
Read more...Soft drink makers and advertisers have told an inquiry TV junk food ads don't make kids fat, but psychologists say advertising influences what foods kids eat.
Read more...Children living in poverty are obese in part because they don’t eat enough to meet the daily nutritional requirements needed for cell function and metabolism, the study concludes.
Read more...There are starving children in China -- finish what's on your plate.That's the badgering lesson passed down over the generations, from parent to child. And, said Dr. David Katz, it's very wrong for the times in which we live."It made sense during the Great Depression, or during the world wars,'' said Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at the Yale School of Medicine.
Read more...PTAs in the Triangle and nationwide are turning to healthier ways to raise money and nurture kids.
Read more...THE world's largest food manufacturer has reduced sugar levels of some of its top-selling kids' foods - such as Milo cereal.
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