U.S. children and teenagers are hit with thousands of food marketing messages online each year, mostly for unhealthy products, according to a new study, Yahoo! News
reports. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and the University of Ottawa, found that adolscents aged 13 to 17 received a median of 10,107 food marketing
messages per year, versus 1,427 for children in the 8-12 age category.