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Novel Approach To Conquer the Obesity Epidemic

  • November 15, 2004

Would banning junk foods ads on TV do anything to reduce the obesity epidemic? UK Health Secretary Dr. John Reid seems to think so. Such ads may be banned before 9 p.m., according to a Public Health White Paper expected to be issued tomorrow in Great Britain. Some expect TV restrictions could even be harsher because British kids ages 4-15 do 70 percent of their TV viewing from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Food labelling will also be proposed, using a traffic-light system, meaning products with a...