FTC: Kids target of $1.6 billion in food ads
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 04:56
in Mathematics & Economics
(AP) -- Imagine Superman promoting fresh fruits and vegetables instead of a cereal. Children are confronted with such a barrage of advertising for food and drink - much of it unhealthy - that the entertainment industry should take steps to tie popular TV and movie characters to more nutritional products, the Federal Trade Commission says.
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