UConn’s Rudd Center finds increase in food marketing to youth; black youth exposed to more junk food ads than white youth

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The UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity released a study on December 16, 2016 that analyzed the patterns of youth TV viewership and food advertising to preschoolers, children, and adolescents. Despite no difference in youth’s time spent viewing TV between 2008 and 2012, there was a marked increase in the number of food and beverage advertisements youth were exposed to. Another key finding: Black youth were exposed to more junk food ads than white youth.

The study was published in Pediatric Obesity. You can read about the study in UConn Today.