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In 2006 forty four of the largest U.S food industries spent about 2billion dollars on advertising, which mainly consisted of unhealthy, sugary and fatty foods. Such massive advertising has a detrimental effect on children and it heavily influences their diets. Extensive research proves that most of the food consumed between ages of 2-18 is low in nutrients. Facing a lot of pressure from health industries and laws, such as Children's Food and Beverage Advertising initiative, food marketers were forced to tweak and limit their advertising strategies. Despite regulations, a 2009 report shows that three quarters of all food advertising during children's television programs were outside of law's boundaries. Government attempts to put a heavy burden on food marketers in order to prevent the issue, but food marketers enjoy the benefits of the First Amendment which limits government's power to prevent advertising against children. Federal Trade Commission states that children between the ages of 2-11 on daily average see 15 food based commercials on television. Most of these commercial involve high sugar and high fat foods, which adds to the problem of childhood obesity. An experiment that took place in a summer camp, where researches showed food advertisements to children between ages 5-8 for two weeks. The outcome-what kids chose to eat at a cafeteria were the ads they saw on tv over the two weeks.