Also one of those perennial favorite subjects for alarmism and hysteria for about the last six decades!
Again and again calls for more government intervention and paternalism!
E.g. a sugary drinks tax has been proposed. What a joke and it is a very old one too (goes back at least 50 years or so)! So called sin taxes have been dismissed a long time ago as ineffective and counterproductive!
As if parents have not learnt to be prudent about food!
"From TV to social media to sports stars, games, and trips to the mall, today’s children are bombarded with marketing of unhealthy foods, norms that fly in the face of international laws protecting childrens’ rights, according to Neena Prasad, who leads the Food Policy program at Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Despite reams of evidence about how such food marketing harms children’s health, no country has adopted a comprehensive policy to control it, according to the WHO.
The agency is looking to change that, starting with draft guidelines designed to help countries restrict food marketing to which children are exposed.
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Particularly impressive: Prasad singled out Chile’s multi-phase policy regulating food labeling, food served in schools, and food advertising on TV, as well as Mexico’s pioneering sugary drinks tax.
“Low- and middle-income countries are absolutely leading the way here,” Prasad said."
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