Australian ban 'does not go far enough'

by Andrew Barrow (Subscribe to Andrew Barrow's posts)
Posted Apr 26th 2006 11:55AM
Filed under: Breakfast, Australia, Trends

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Following yesterday's story that plans are afoot to ban toys as a food promotion and celebrity endorsements the Sydney Morning Herald reports that campaigners are still not happy.

Activities are pressing for a total ban on junk food advertising and say that industry is 'playing around the edges'.

A spokesman a national pressure group (Parent's Jury) with more than 1000 members, said: "It's a positive move but it is not going to alleviate the concerns of parents. We believe that the only effective intervention in reducing childhood obesity levels is a total ban on advertising to children on television".

So the debate continues. I don't have any kids so maybe these concerns are more relevant today (I don't watch children's TV to see the ads or eat breakfast cereals aimed at children) but are there not wider considerations rather than a ban such as encouraging more exercise and nutrition education?

Tags: cereals, childhood obesity, ChildhoodObesity, childrens food, ChildrensFood, food and drink, FoodAndDrink, nutrition, parents jury, ParentsJury

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4-26-2006 @ 9:30PM

Callisto Shampoo said...

Um, the Parent's Jury appears to be a UK based activist group, and I can't find any mention on their page about an Australian chapter. Is there an Australian version of the Parent's Jury?

Just unsure, thanks.

Calli

4-26-2006 @ 9:42PM

Andrew said...

Oh that's odd. The orignal article (link above) doesnt make any mention of Peoples Jury being British. It does mention the Coalition Against Food Advertising to Children which I have tracked down to http://www.chdf.org.au/

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