Junk food and confectionery advertising should be banned on TV before the 9 p.m. watershed, according to proposals to combat childhood obesity unveiled by the Labour Party. At present, advertising of products containing high levels of fat, salt and sugar is banned only on children’s TV. Labour said that its scheme, which is part of a programme to halve the number of overweight young people within last August, would reduce children’s exposure to such advertising by 82%.
Junk food and confectionery advertising should be banned on TV before the 9 p.m. watershed, according to proposals to combat childhood obesity unveiled by the Labour Party. At present, advertising of products containing high levels of fat, salt and sugar is banned only on children’s TV. Labour said that its scheme, which is part of a programme to halve the number of overweight young people within a decade, would reduce children’s exposure to such advertising by 82%.