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Unhealthy food makers target youth with pervasive ads that fuel long-term health risks, decades of research shows

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Unhealthy food and beverage companies powerfully undermine the eating habits of young people by deploying ubiquitous ads that encourage poor dietary choices and increase the risk of serious disease and premature death, according to a sweeping new study.

Gary Ruskin, Co-Founder and Co-Director

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Gary first started working on food issues in 1998.  In 2000, he helped to build the first national coalition against the marketing and sale of soda and junk food in schools.  In 2003, he organized a Childhood Obesity Prevention Agenda for states and schools, endorsed by organizations across the political spectrum.  In 2004, he organized … Gary Ruskin, Co-Founder and Co-Director