‘junk food’

Childhood Obesity

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

childhood obesity

In today’s world the influence of mass media in the population is impressive, especially in the lower age groups. Obviously the item of junk food does not ignore this, and the amount of advertising that is displayed on television in this respect is enormous, especially at times when children watch television.

This happens on a global scale, of course, but in some countries the authorities are aware of the situation and decide to take action on the matter. The case of England is one of them.

This country is a very strange happening. Due to the overwhelming amount of advertising material on the junk food that is passed via TV, the Labor Government has decided to send a warning to restaurants with serious bans junk about it.

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