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Thought for the Day: Banning junk food ads
Posted Apr 7th 2007 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: All Cancers, Diets, Television, Daily news, Thought for the Day

If eating junk food and watching television lead to obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and a road marked by diminished health and increased illness, then kids living in Britain are about to get a whole lot healthier.
Think about this:
According to the March 19, 2007 issue of TIME magazine, British broadcasting regulator Ofcom will phase out all commercials on children's programming that promote junk food containing high fat, sugar, and salt.
The ban will begin at the end of the year.
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1. This is a great step forward in helping children stay healthy physically and intellectually. As a primary school teacher, I think this is good news for the educators who spend the largest part of the waking day with children. Teachers hate it when students come to school with sugary, nutrient deficient lunches.
Posted at 1:39AM on Apr 9th 2007 by Vanessa