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Calls for restrictions on 'lads' mags' and music videos

Under-16s should be banned from buying so-called lads' mags, according to a new report put together for the government.

Other recommendations include banning music videos with too much flesh on show before the 9pm watershed and having tighter controls on computer games and the internet.

The report, carried out by psychologist Linda Papadopoulos, says too much sexual imagery is having a serious impact on children.

She said: "Children need to be guarded from all the messages they're given across all types of media.

"Girls are made to feel they have to be thin and sexy and men have to be macho."

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