To think junk food adverts should be banned ?

[Lardlizard]

Like posters for kfc etc

Didn't a reporter do something a few years ago where he only ate McDonald's for a certain amount of time because they are unhealthy and will make you gain weight etc?
He lost weight much to the amazement of a lot of people. Think it was about that time that more people started to look into food more, and that's when salads aren't healthier thing started.

Do you really want to live in society where people can’t think for themselves and are unable to make their own judgements?

Education does not work in the face of hundreds of millions of pounds worth of advertising budgets.

We’re not talking about banning the food, just the advertising.

Of course banning the adverts helped reduce smoking. Why else would the tobacco companies have objected to it and tried to lobby to be allowed to continue? If advertising made no difference they'd have been happy to save the expenditure. The marketing people know how important brand awareness is in generating SALES.

As you say, advertising creates brand awareness. Without it, smoking may reduce but the I'm sure the worry of the tobacco companies was that people would stop buying THEIR brand. Without advertising people may buy the cheapest brand and not buy the more expensive brands that advertising makes to appear better (but are basically the the same apart from the packaging).

Then we also need to stop ads for beef.

I can go to mcdonalds and buy a hamburger - ingredients - beef, ketchup, bun, dill pickle slices, onions, mustards - 250 kcal.

www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/product/hamburger.html

Or I can make one at home, ok it has some lettuce and tomato in but it's 496 kcal.
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/6513/really-easy-beefburgers

Not only does the unhealthy takeaway option have fewer cals, it also has less fat, sodium etc.

So which do you ban the advertising for?

Soon as I clicked on this thread, a giant McDonald’s advert popped up! 😂

Banning cigarette ads was one factor in reducing smoking rates, one of many. It was a multi faceted campaign. The deciding factor for me was cost, and a nasty PSA that showed fat dripping of a cigarette. What enables me to remain a non smoker is the the smoking ban, and being able to avoid smokers and cigarettes, reducing temptation. Other people might have had different reasons.
I don't know where I stand on KFC and the like really, I hate the stuff myself and seeing it advertised actually turns my stomach. I think the government does have a right to intervene in the food industry though if it's going to benefit the population.

We see fit to control a lot of what people do in order to achieve a functional, safe society - speed limits, seat belts, cigarettes and alcohol, controlled drugs.

MoltoAgitato All of those things either directly or indirectly impact other people around you when undertaken and/or consumed.

For example, alcohol can cause destructive behaviour, lack of seat belts can indirectly harm others, second hand smoke with cigarettes, drugs again with behaviour.

Eating food does not affect anyone else but yourself, hence people need to take their own personal responsibility for their food intake. They are harming nobody else but themselves if they fail to have a healthy diet.

I disagree that obesity only has an impact on those who are obese. Obese parents have adverse impacts on the health of their children, and that’s just for starters.

I don't think they should be banned, they are pretty strongly controlled as it is.

And also, I don't think kids and teens would eat better if they saw adverts for carrots and courgettes, for example. They eat chocolate and crisps and biscuits because they are nice, not because they seem them advertised.

@ffswhatnext, there's been lots of studies done, a few of them televised, were they've had people, some athletes, eat different types of junk food. They mostly didn't put on weight, but their heart health etc suffered. I can remember a boxer having to stop because he became pre diabetic, even though he kept up his training.

It isn't just about weight.

I've lost nearly three stone and I'm on a few supportive weight loss forums. It is about not seeing this stuff as everyday food. Once you become health conscious, including limiting processed carbs/potatoes/rice, you only shop in a quarter of any supermarket.

I'd say that that's how it should be for anyone, for 3 weeks a month.

The food and farming industry has massively influenced our eating habits and I think we should address that in schools, as part of the critical thinking modules. It would fit in well with all the fake news about.

Eating food does not aftect anyone but yourself
This isn't correct if you are using a publicly funded health system. There are also other potential issues such as airline safety.

It's true about the health implications.

I've lost 2st and changed my diet and my blood pressure and cholesterol just righted themselves! No more BP medication.

I remember years ago Louise Redknapp carried out an experiment he McDonalds for a fortnight.
Her liver kidneys blood and heart were effected.