Ban on junk food TV adverts before 9pm

[bitchstewie]

Seems a step in the right direction.

Ban on junk food TV adverts before 9pm to come in next year

[Leon R]

IMO you don't tackle poor eating habits by pretending junk food doesn't exist.

[21TonyK]

No, you don't. But it's one more thing to help reduce the consumption.

[bitchstewie]

Leon R said:

IMO you don't tackle poor eating habits by pretending junk food doesn't exist.

If that's the only thing you do I agree.

But I also see zero downside in doing so.

Advertising junk food doesn't really benefit anyone except the companies selling it.

[BoRED S2upid]

Definitely a step in the right direction. You don’t see the adverts there is no trigger to pick up the just eat app. Still the voices in your head to deal with.

[Randy Winkman]

Leon R said:

IMO you don't tackle poor eating habits by pretending junk food doesn't exist.

You might be right - but how do you do it then?

[andy43]

I can't wait until then, I'm bloody starving.

[Hoofy]

BoRED S2upid said:

Still the voices in your head to deal with.

The bit people often ignore.

[grumbledoak]

Hilarious. Do they think people will just forget that crisps and biscuits exist?

[carinatauk]

McDonald's will be quaking in their shoes! Just about every school kid here goes to McD's at lunchtime or evening 7 days a week, advertising pah!

[rjfp1962]

I've thrived on junk food for 62 years and counting.. It's been a very long time since I've needed ads to sell it to me...!

[bigpriest]

Adverts and TV - all sounds a bit outdated doesn't it?

[Leon R]

bhstewie said:

Leon R said:

IMO you don't tackle poor eating habits by pretending junk food doesn't exist.

If that's the only thing you do I agree.

But I also see zero downside in doing so.

Advertising junk food doesn't really benefit anyone except the companies selling it.

All advertising does nothing but benefit the companies selling the product, hardly a revelation.

[Essarell]

is there actually a legally defined category for Junk food?

anyhow, i don't every remember adverts for class A drugs on TV etc but they seem to doing a roaring trade in the UK.......

[Leon R]

Randy Winkman said:

Leon R said:

IMO you don't tackle poor eating habits by pretending junk food doesn't exist.

You might be right - but how do you do it then?

You do it by educating people and encouraging/incentivising good habits.

Pretty typical gov project though, do they honestly think the younger generation even really watches traditional T.V.

[bitchstewie]

The article said:

Labour said the watershed on junk food advertising would be enforced alongside a total ban on paid-for online adverts, both aimed at tackling childhood obesity.

I wonder how this is enforceable given the nature of the Internet but it's not just about TV advertising.

[21TonyK]

"Junk food TV advertisements are to be banned from airing before the 9pm watershed as part of the government’s drive to improve public health.

In addition, online ads for products that are high in fat, salt and sugar will be banned altogether, Andrew Gwynne, the public health minister, told the Commons on Thursday. Both measures will come into force on 1 October 2025."

[Essarell]

21TonyK said:

"Junk food TV advertisements are to be banned from airing before the 9pm watershed as part of the government’s drive to improve public health.

In addition, online ads for products that are high in fat, salt and sugar will be banned altogether, Andrew Gwynne, the public health minister, told the Commons on Thursday. Both measures will come into force on 1 October 2025."

won't be long till butter, cheese, salt & sugar have to be sold in plain packaging or maybe the packaging will have to have subliminal, shaming pictures of obese types?

[g3org3y]

Does this include adverts for companies like Just Eat and Deliveroo?

[Randy Winkman]

Leon R said:

Randy Winkman said:

Leon R said:

IMO you don't tackle poor eating habits by pretending junk food doesn't exist.

You might be right - but how do you do it then?

You do it by educating people and encouraging/incentivising good habits.

Pretty typical gov project though, do they honestly think the younger generation even really watches traditional T.V.

Sorry to keep asking questions. How do you "educate people"? I hear that on PH once in a while but just dont understand what it means.