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Plus-Size Models Decrease Women's Self Esteem

Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty" just got a shot to the gut. A controversial study published by Arizona State University, the University of ... Read More »

Ads - Be Sure to Read the Fine Print

I just had the TV on and the above commercial ran. I about choked on my glass of water when I read the fine print: Results Not Typical. Clinical ... Read More »

A Ban on Fast Food Ads? That's Fit Readers Think It's a Good Idea

A recent study theorized that banning fast food commercials would have a positive impact on childhood obesity. After all, most kids watch an awful lot ... Read More »

Fast Food Ads - Would Banning Them Help Childhood Obesity?

Most fast food meals make me feel a little ill -- yet often, when I catch a fast food commercial running on TV, the food looks so good I salivate like ... Read More »

"Beat Obesity with a Stick" -- Are you cool with this ad?

In the San Francisco Bay Area, residents are being treated to a billboard-sized healthy message: "Beat Obesity with a Stick," says the ad, atop a ... Read More »

NYC Subway ads preach moderation to the masses

When it comes to eating, we all could use a little reminder now and then about what we're putting in our stomachs -- and bodies. The NYC Department of ... Read More »

British ban on junk food ads 'not working'

Over the in UK, rules were recently placed on child-targeted advertising, prohibiting them from running junk food ads during popular kids programming. ... Read More »

Commercial-free kids programming coming to Australia

Think about it: What form of technology has made the single biggest impact in the lives of children over the past 100 years? Computers have ... Read More »

French fashion says super-skinny models are out

Last Wednesday, French fashion houses, advertising firms, and media houses banded together to declare super-skinny models out of style. With the ... Read More »

Young people pick wine over beer

Surveys say 21-to 35-year-olds prefer wine to beer. They just don't know much about the wine they prefer and have no strong loyalties to any specific ... Read More »