2 w. ago Food ad ban which will 'end Christmas adverts' delayed until January

Broadcasters will voluntarily introduce the new rules from October and it will become law next year

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2 w. ago Ministers to delay UK junk food advertising ban until next year

Marketing of unhealthy products to be barred before 9pm on TV but branded advertising using company names will be allowed

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2 w. ago It’s time to stop the great food heist powered by big business. That means taxation, regulation and healthy school meals | Stuart Gillespie

The global food system has been captured by a few rapacious companies that profit from public ill-health. We need a radical overhaulOur food system is killing us. Designed in a different century for a different purpose – to mass produce cheap calories to prevent famine – it is now a source of jeopardy, destroying more than it creates. A quarter of all adult deaths globally – more than 12 million every year – are due to poor diets.Malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity – is by far the biggest cause of ill-health, affecting one in three people on the planet. Ultra-processed foods are implicated in as many as one in seven premature deaths in some countries. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Children eat more per day after watching just five minutes of junk food adverts

The finding highlights the pervasive impact of junk food marketing on children's diets

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4 w. ago Five minutes of junk food adverts ‘lead children to eat 130 extra calories per day’

The finding highlights the pervasive impact of junk food marketing on children's diets

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4 w. ago Just five minutes of exposure to junk food advertising makes children eat more

Junk food advertising loophole revealed as experts warn children have favourite fast food logos for outlets like McDonalds, KFC and Burger King even by the age of five

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4 w. ago Five minutes of junk food advertising ‘leads children to eat 130 extra calories’

The Government is introducing a ban on the targeting of junk food adverts at children from October this year.

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