Approximately $1,618,600,000 were spent marketing food and drinks to children and adolescents in 2006. about $870 million wheat towards children under 12 and a little over $1 billion dollars were spent on a adolescent alone. Companies spend $17 billion dollars on marketing to children and adolescent which means 1/17 of that is on food and drink products alone The reason this is so bad is because the advertising makes the children want To buy the food and most of the food being advertised is low priced high fat food that is extremely unhealthy. Since its such a low price parents are more likely to buy it. Fast food is the number 2 cause of weight gain in America. Making America one of the most obese countries in the world. America is one of