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Food ads linked to eating more junk food

Los Angeles: Watching food advertisements by parents leads to greater consumption of junk food by their children, as the kids often have distorted views on what constitutes a healthy meal, researchers have found. Kristen Harrison and

PTI Updated on: November 18, 2013 17:45 IST


Harrison and Peralta interviewed over 100 parents about a wide variety of home and family characteristics, including child and parent media exposure and child dietary intake.

They conducted separate interviews with children in pre-schools to get a sense of what children thought made up a healthy meal.

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