GB: Junk food banned from children's program
Advertisements for hamburgers, french fries, and the like will soon be banned from British children's programming. This was decided by the relevant media regulatory authority.
Advertising for hamburgers, chips and the like will soon be banned from British children's programs. The responsible media supervisory authority has decided that food with a high fat, salt or sugar content may no longer be advertised in children's programs. According to Aerztezeitung.de, this regulation will come into force at the end of January 2007 and will apply to program blocks aimed at children under the age of 16. The UK is one of the countries in the world where a particularly large number of children are overweight.
