Moms Manipulated into Buying Their Kids Unhealthy Food, Study Says

CNN - Additional coverage of comments by Jennifer Emond, instructor in epidemiology, about her recent research findings that fast food ads featuring toys may influence the entire family to eat more frequently at fast food restaurants. "It is a dual-pronged approach where food manufacturers are targeting kids to pester (their parents) for these products, and then manufacturers are marketing to parents to get them to think these products are healthy and not to feel guilty about buying them," says Emond. (Picked up by WPTZ.)