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  • EU wants to ban TV junk food advertisements (The Fourth Reich knows what's good for you!)

    01/26/2005 9:20:01 AM PST · by jb6 · 47 replies · 765+ views
    Indo-Asian News Service ^ | Monday January 24, 8:56 AM
    Berlin, Jan 24 (IANS) They are colourful and children love them. But in an effort to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity, the European Union (EU) wants junk food advertisements on television to be banned. Markos Kyprianou, the EU commissioner for health and consumer affairs, said he wants to see "clear labelling" of products and a significant reduction in the number of junk food advertisements directed at children, according to a report by German radio Deutsche Welle. Kyprianou has warned makers of junk food - those products high in sugar, salt or fat content - that the EU will enforce...