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UK to limit junk food ads to tackle child obesity
LONDON: The British government said Thursday it will bring in an evening watershed for junk food ads in a move to tackle the nation’s obesity problem.The state-funded National Health Service (NHS) estimates that some 10% of four- and five-year-olds are obese, a figure that climbs to 20.2% for those aged 10 and 11, or one in five.It adds that one in four adults are obese, with cheap, high-calorie foods blamed in part.From the end of next year, television and on-demand channels will not be allowed to advertise food high in fat, sugar and salt before 9:00 pm.Public health minister Jo Churchill said the new policy aimed to protect children from “unhealthy advertising” and “wipe billions off the

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