Efforts to rein it in have failed. After a 2006 Institute of Medicine report linking food advertising to obesity risk, industry responded with voluntary self-regulation through the Children’s Food and ...

A gummy candy shimmies on stage, dancing to “Flashdance.” The music swells, it pulls a chain and is showered in multi-colored candies. The ad, for Nerds Gummy Clusters, was one of dozens of food ads ...

Researchers have long known that junk food advertising can prompt children to eat more. But a new study, presented this week at the European Congress on Obesity in Málaga, Spain, goes further — ...

“Fancy a McMuffin in the morning? McNuggets for lunch? Or a big night in with a Big Mac? Get them delivered right here.” Ads like this, served on social media just when you are getting hungry, have ...

A campaign image for Kraft Heinz’s AI promo for Lunchables Dunkables product. Credit: Kraft Heinz AI is already integrated into food supply chains across the world, but, as the technology becomes ...