'Fight Obesity: Tackling Food Ads on TV and Online'

12:15 Nov 17, 2023
'#obesity #junkfood #children #online #advertising #TV #UK  Tackling obesity is a long game. A smart move is to start in an early age, beating the marketing machine of the food industry giants who target children both watching tv and more increasingly surfing online. That is the approach that the UK Government has taken riding the anti-obesity drive world wide fuelled by COVID-19, in June 2021.  We analyse the news, breakdown the most important aspects of the new legislation, who it affects, that is the long term strategy; Is it a step in the right direction ? Will it work in practice? What is left to do?  Featuring guess speakers Sterling Crew, a reknown Food Safety Expert and Sophie Lawrence from the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen\'s University Belfast.    ⌚ Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1.13 What, When, How... 5.48 Expert Opinion - Sterling Crew  7.42 Expert Opinion - Sophie Laurence  9:13 My Opinion 10:31 Fact of the Day 10:46 Conclusion & Outro   

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