Junk food fears
Thanks to TV advertising and other marketing, children want junk food in their lunchboxes instead of healthier options. They are subjected to a multi-million pound bombardment of marketing by food companies which makes them think regularly eating junk food is not only normal but also cool.
That's why campaigners such as British Heart Foundation Scotland have been calling on the UK government to ban all junk food advertising before the 9pm watershed. The current halfway house is woefully insufficient: programmes such as X Factor, which are watched by vast numbers of children, are exempt because they are also watched by many adults.
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BEN McKENDRICK
Senior policy and public affairs manager, British Heart Foundation Scotland
Ocean Drive, Edinburgh