TV food ads 'encourage snacking'
10 Jul 2009 | by Hadassah Nymark
LONDON - New research from an American health journal suggests that TV food ads are directly...A study by Yale university showed that children, aged seven to 11, watching cartoons with food ads ate 45 per cent more snack food than children watching the same show with non-food related ads ... ten pounds a year, it claimed. A second study saw adults exposed to unhealthy food advertising eating ...



