REPORT: Companies Target Black and Latinx Youth With Junk Food Ads [colorlines.com]
A new study confirms what many have long suspected—when food companies target Black and Latinx youth with their advertising, they nearly always focus on fast food, candy, sugar-laden drinks and other unhealthy choices. Titled “ Increasing Disparities in Unhealthy Food Advertising Targeted to Hispanic and Black Youth, ” the study was released today (January 15) by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity . In it, researchers from the University of Connecticut , Drexel University and the...