NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. fast-food industry spent $4.6 billion last year advertising mostly unhealthy products, with children and teens its key audiences, researchers say.
Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., says the center's Fast Food FACTS 2013 report highlights a few positive changes since its 2010 report, such as healthier sides and beverages in most restaurants' kids' meals, but also shows restaurants fall far short of offering only healthier fast-food options to kids.