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Teens Exposed To Junk Food Eat More Of It
- US News & World Report, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8 AM
According to the largest study of its kind, people aged 11 to 19 who watched one extra advertisement per week about junk food, over the average of six, ate an additional 350 calories in foods high in salt, sugar and fat every week, adding up to 18,000 extra calories per year. The study of 3,300 teens was conducted by Cancer Research UK and is being presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Vienna.
