Food advertising have jumped on the health trend bandwagon to reflect recent sentiment and concerns about public health, but there has not been many empirical research on the state of these food advertisements. Examination of food ads on U. S. contemporary primetime television revealed ads for non-healthy food to be five times more prevalent than those for healthy food. Also, non-healthy food ads make nutrition- and health-content claims, employ humor appeals, and provide value attribute information more so than healthy food. Findings are discussed in terms of food advertising’s influence on Americans’ unbalanced diet. We recommend that food advertisers follow a more careful message strategy and heed social responsibility.