For further research
In the articles below, you can find the further information about the topic, how media influence, what we eat and drink. I found those articles interesting, because you can find there information and facts, that can help you to open your eyes to, unfortunately, cruel reality.
This first article is called Do TV ads contribute to childhood obesity? I think, that the obvious answer is, yes. In the article, you can read about the marketing strategies that are used in food advertisements and about the horrible numbers of growth of obese people in last 30 years. Next, the article provides information about the particular products, which are by marketers claimed as "healthy", but the reality is slightly different.
In the following article How social media is fuelling the worrying rise in eating disorders, you can read about the real case of a girl, Emma Woolf, to whom media caused a disease, anorexia. Emma in the article stated “I'm lucky social media was in its infancy when I was anorexic” (Woolf, Emma, The Telegraph, 4.06.2015) which send us a dreadful message, that nowadays, the media influence is even stronger.
The last article is focusing on fast food restaurants marketing, primarily on children. You can read there about very interesting facts, for example: how much money the food industries spend on marketing, facts proving the deceptive advertising on children and also some interesting facts regarding the future.
Woolf, Emma, "How social media is fuelling the worrying rise in eating disorders". The Telegraph, 4.06.2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11649411/How-social-media-is-fuelling-the-worrying-rise-in-eating-disorders.html