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Kaiser Family Foundation: New Study Finds That Food Is the Top Product Seen Advertised by Children (3/28/07)
As health agencies battling childhood obesity call for change and "U.S. food and media industries are developing their own voluntary initiatives," no federal regulation is in sight to mitigate a new study's findings thatamong all children, tweens see the most food ads at more than 20 a day. Thirty-four percent of all food ads targeting children or teens are for candy and snacks. Half of all ads shown during children's shows are for food.
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