research brief food advertising in the age of obesity content analysis on general market and african american television vani r henderson ms bridget kelly mph annenberg school for communication university pennsylvania philadelphia abstract objective to document types foods advertised weight related nutritional claims made during advertise ments appearing programming design 553 advertisements appear ing 101 5 prime time hours outcome measures were classified according category fast restaurant sit down restau rant packaged specific type presence a claim programs compared using t chi squared tests results more appeared than these likely be candy soda or meat less he cereals grains pasta fruits vegetables dessert alcohol all 14 9 nutri tional fat