High-sugar cereal brands target their TV ads at kids under age 12. A new study finds that this advertising leads to greater household purchases of unhealthy cereals. It is the first study to directly ...

When it comes to making kids enjoy the taste of their cereal, no one can do it quite like Happy Feet penguins can. According to a study conducted by Annenberg School for Communication doctoral ...

Although the Walt Disney Co. recently announced that it would stop running junk food ads during its programming, there's still a heaping bowl of commercials advertising unhealthy snacks to the younger ...

Before food politics became a Wikipedia entry and the title of a book, before anyone cared about trans fat or realized we were in the midst of a pediatric-obesity epidemic, Lucky Charms were simply ...

One of the top sources of added sugar in children's diets is in their breakfast bowls. A new study shows that advertising aimed directly at kids is driving sales of high-sugar cereals, and it's having ...