The purpose of this study is to suggest the guidelines for applying the children’s favorite food
advertising regulations focusing on Article 10 and Article 11 of the Special Act on the
Children’s Dietary Life Safety Management, in reviewing the literature of verified research
results and comparative study of the related fast food consumptions. The rate of fast food
consumption is increasing, nowadays, and its patterns are changing from snacks to staple
food, mainly eating with friends and the younger being easily influenced to buy by media
promotions. The specific standards of Article 10 have not been completed, but are under
in-depth discussions. Article 11 is about labelling nutritional ingredients, which are calories,
amount of sugar, protein, saturated fat, and sodium chloride of confectionery, bread,
ice-cream, hamburger and pizza. The self regulations for the children’s food advertising have
been suggested in many countries, however, the specific applying methods should be
different since the acceptable advertising is varied with consumers’ societies and times.
Ideally, the paradigm of relationships between the advertisers and consumers is suggested to
achieve have the same goal for their society’s interest at the same time achieving their own
purposes in the advertising market.