While many restaurants have healthy options for kids, such options are rarely advertised. This undermines efforts to encourage healthy choices. The focus of recent Ask the Professor posts has been how ...

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 ...

Remember the first time you asked your parents for a kid’s meal? The excitement of opening the newest toy, almost outweighing the meal itself? Most adults don’t. But early on as a parent, you ...

Children are more likely to ask for and consume unhealthy foods and drinks marketed to them through social media and online games Jamie Benedict, Ph.D., R.D. Why do kids sometimes “pester” their ...

The state needs to hold food companies accountable for manipulating youth, because federal rules and industry self-regulation aren't working. Credit: Getty Images. Scroll through any social media feed ...

Every year, food and beverage companies spend billions to convince kids that it’s cool and fun to consume products that are high in calories, added sugar, saturated fat and sodium—products that ...

Arguably the ultimate in emerging markets, brands have been capitalising on foods, made specifically for kids, for decades. But are parents turning away from these specially manufactured and marketed ...

United Nations Children’s Fund wants tighter, mandatory restrictions for food advertisements aimed at children, arguing recent updates to voluntary industry marketing guardrails do not go far enough.

Childhood overweight and obesity are a growing public health challenge in South Africa. In 2016, 13% of the country's children were reported to be obese. This is predicted to double by 2030. One of ...