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Children are so bombarded with junk food advertisements that it’s having a “devastating effect” on their health, the Heart and Stroke Foundation says in an alarming report that calls for government legislation to restrict marketing food and beverages...

By Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press TORONTO – The Heart and Stroke Foundation is calling on the federal government to restrict all marketing of foods and beverages aimed at children and teens, saying that high-volume promotional tactics are setting...

The Heart and Stroke Foundation is calling on the federal government to restrict online marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages aimed at children and teens, saying that high-volume promotional tactics are setting up young people for obesity and lifelong...

From Tony the Tiger to Scooby Doo, popular kids characters are playing a starring role in an unexpected story: a growing number of ads peddling often-unhealthy food to young Canadians, new research suggests. Seven years ago, nearly 20 top food manufacturers...

Food companies have been increasing their advertising to children for chips and other junk foods, even as marketing of healthy snacks such as yogurt has not kept pace, according to a report released on Monday. About 40% of all the food and beverage...