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Old 24-06-2021, 09:55 AM #1
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Default Junk food TV adverts to be banned before 9pm

The government is to impose a UK-wide pre-9pm ban on TV adverts for food high in sugar, salt and fat.

Products affected include chocolate, soft drinks, cakes, sweets, ice cream, biscuits, sweetened juices, crisps, chips and pizzas.

There will also be new rules on online promotion, but firms selling junk food will still be able to run websites.

A total ban on online adverts was proposed last year, but this has been scaled back after consultation.

The TV restrictions come after Boris Johnson made tackling obesity, which affects more than a quarter of UK adults, a priority for the government.

Food companies have said outlawing any form of junk food advertising - worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year - would be disproportionate.

From the end of next year, TV adverts for junk food - also including breakfast cereals, yoghurts, ready meals, chicken nuggets and battered fish - will be allowed only between 9pm and 5.30am.

The rules will apply to live and on-demand programmes and will not affect companies with fewer than 250 employees.

The Department of Health said the restrictions would not affect some foods that are high in sugar, salt or fat - such as honey, olive oil, avocados and Marmite - as these were not seen as contributing significantly to childhood obesity.

Public health minister Jo Churchill said: "We are committed to improving the health of our children and tackling obesity.

"The content youngsters see can have an impact on the choices they make and habits they form. With children spending more time online, it is vital we act to protect them from unhealthy advertising."

The UK population's weight has risen since the early 1990s, with more than 60% of the adult population now overweight or obese, according to NHS Digital.

Problems often begin in childhood and those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are most likely to suffer.

The government says it is keen to prevent young people consuming too many unhealthy products and since 2018 manufacturers have had to pay extra tax on high-sugar drinks.

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here was me thinking the conservatives were against the nanny state
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To be frr "nanny state" would be banning or restricting the products entirely... I don't think advertising rules really count.

Then again I also don't think banning daytime advertising is going to put much of a dent in kids eating junk food. News flash: they're not the ones buying it.
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To be frr "nanny state" would be banning or restricting the products entirely... I don't think advertising rules really count.

Then again I also don't think banning daytime advertising is going to put much of a dent in kids eating junk food. News flash: they're not the ones buying it.
well, they don't all do a "Britney's Dad" and dictate what they can spend pocket money on

As a kid, i don't think i spent my money on anything other than junk food
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To be frr "nanny state" would be banning or restricting the products entirely... I don't think advertising rules really count.

Then again I also don't think banning daytime advertising is going to put much of a dent in kids eating junk food. News flash: they're not the ones buying it.
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The junk they do buy they're seeing in the shop on the way home from school, not in an ad break during Tipping Point and what they have at home is brought in by mum and dad.
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well, they don't all do a "Britney's Dad" and dictate what they can spend pocket money on

As a kid, i don't think i spent my money on anything other than junk food
Sweets and stuff sure but this mainly seems to be talking about "junk dinners" ... I don't think many little kids are in the shops buying fish fingers.
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Not Until 2023


I would put that in the Title



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"here was me thinking the conservatives were against the nanny state"


But it is not brought in until
2023
So far away


It should be this year 2021

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