The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) announced the results of new research conducted by Georgetown Economic Services (GES) that shows the average number of food and beverage advertisements that children 2-11 viewed on children’s programming fell by 50% between 2004 and 2010.
Commercials promoting sugary breakfast cereals could be put on a strict diet under government guidelines urging food companies to limit marketing of unhealthy products to children.