A ban on TV junk food advertising before the watershed and a blanket ban online will come into force this evening in a bid to tackle the childhood obesity crisis. Under new guidelines, enforced by the ...

The Advertising Standards Authority (the “ASA”), the UK's advertising industry regulator, has issued its first rulings under the new rules governing advertising of identifiable “less healthy” food and ...

A single junk food ad may not sway adults, but the right 15-second health message can. Researchers reveal how ad length and framing shape cravings differently for normal-weight and overweight viewers, ...

A new Edith Cowan University (ECU) study has found advertisements that encourage healthy choices can reduce cravings and intentions to consume unhealthy foods, and in some cases a 15-second message ...

Government regulation of the tobacco industry, including advertising restrictions and warning labels, has significantly reduced smoking rates. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic, linked to the ...

Despite advertising restrictions on public health risks like gambling and alcohol, junk food advertisements in Australia remain largely unregulated. A new Edith Cowan University (ECU) study published ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said he would support a potential ban on junk food advertisements on TV in the U.S. That effort would likely draw fierce backlash ...

Processed-food giants and produce growers are tweaking products and ads to reach the Make America Healthy Again movement. But the strategy carries risks. By Kim Severson Mason Shaw, who oversees what ...

For Americans, the idea of watching live television without the constant barrage of commercials for prescription medications and junk food might seem foreign. That’s now the norm in the United Kingdom ...

New advertising restrictions on unhealthy food and drink have come into force in the UK, targeting products deemed to be high in fat, salt or sugar. From now on, TV, radio or online adverts that ...