to think food adverts on the TV are poisonous

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every night when I sit down to watch telly there are adverts for Just Eat, KFC etc. Purely designed to make us order a takeaway.

I hate this and think it should be regulated in the same way that cigarettes and alcohol are.

And wtf is it with Trivento wines advertising 'a splash of the bold' in conjunction with certain programmes.

Just no!

Also see gogglebox where every person on is is eating in front of the TV. Snacks, or dinner or cakes.

I have enough trouble curbing my desire to eat without all this!

Same here. These ads don't influence me at all. We never eat take away.

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Did that thread end up in Classics ?
Was rather amusing.

Next there will be people knocking at the door forcing people to eat

Just like the food at work thread just say no, it's funny that it really is that simple

Store blaming everyone else for lack of self discipline

You have a number of options:

Don't watch tv
Eat before you watch tv
Don't watch commercial channels
Get up and exercise during the ad break rather than watching the fast food adverts
Make it a personal policy that you don't have takeaways

All these things are possible. You are not a captive audience unless you make yourself one.

Agreed. Unpopular opinion on mumsnet though.

Lol.
People in UK don't want national IDs because "but a police state!" but would like the state to police what and when they can eat😂

It's all very well saying that, but how do you propose that existing humans evolve the level of willpower required for modern food environments, when their bodies are very much designed for the level of willpower required in a hunter gatherer society?

We understand the management of this in zoos: we know that there are effects on zoo animals of captivity for exercise, activity, breeding and nutrition.

I fail to see why we shouldn't take a similar approach for humans.

It's not just willpower though is it. The early ingestion of high calorie junk food is altering people's bodies and their metabolism and their very cells. If they are fat as children, by the time they get to exercise their own willpower and spending power, it is too late. They are fat.

I think there's an element that life is so fucking relentless now. I'm exhausted. Absolutely on my knees, and some nights, the thought of standing up long enough to cook my carefully planned meal makes me want to weep. Or I forget to turn the slow cooker on (you'd think I'd learn). Or actually we've been so busy we haven't actually done a food shop.

Obviously I often power through, but sometimes it's just all too much and whoever is last in will either pick up some beige, or we'll order in. I'm not saying we're right to do that, but I bet we're not the only ones who feel that way.

We sverved this by doing what my mum did.
Made more portions of freezable food so there is always something good to eat. It really does make difference.

I get you with the forgetting! I swear I would forget everything without alexa reminders. They help so much.

@Cheesusisgrate I used to be really good at this, I think I'm in a vicious cycle, teamed with the fact the kids eat so much more than they used to (bloody teens) but you have reminded me how much I used to benefit from it! I might take an afternoon off work to break the cycle. xx

It's all very well saying that, but how do you propose that existing humans evolve the level of willpower required for modern food environments, when their bodies are very much designed for the level of willpower required in a hunter gatherer society?

Brilliantly put.

I mean I do this (want takeaway, eat takeaway) , but I can't blame the adverts, it's my bad habits. I don't rush out and buy everything they show me or start gambling because there's a gambling ad after the football...

I think it's a bit of a silly view to be honest, lots of things that are bad for us are advertised...they show calories on menus etc now.

I very much agree.

Notable that it seems far easier for people to blame people on an individual level for being lazy and greedy rather than shining a light on the awful practices of the large food manufactures.

Junk food is by its very nature UPF and there is much literature on how damaging and addictive these foods are

It’s such a nanny state though. The government stepping in to take control of what the population can and cannot see as an element can’t control themselves. That approach is a massive no from me.

I watch tv and manage to live without junk fast food outlets and takeaways. Your bad eating habits are your problem 🙄

Totally agree with this.

I hate most junk food except pizzas so I am able to ignore the adverts but most people can't because they like junk food.

It does need to be treated like smoking.

Good for you. I can too. But if advertising didn't work for most people then they wouldn't advertise.

Even if it means that you can't get treatment on the NHS because there are too many people with diabetes using all the resources?

It wouldn't bother you at all?

Do you also think that cigarettes should be advertised and be allowed to sponsor sports?

But do they work in the way for most people that they need to buy junk food there and then? I really don’t think this is the case. I’ve never met a person who sees a kfc advert and thinks I need to buy one now. No advert is that successful that “most” folks do that.

sure some folks will be like that, but most. No I don’t think so.

But still taking away choice and moving to some form of North Korean type society where the government controls what the population can and cannot see is a massive no from me.

as a pp said, we are not a captive audience. And if someone is so triggered by junk food ads on the telly then I think the answer isn’t removing ads for the whole population and government restrictions on what the population can see, but help for those who need it.

I watch loads of TV and manage to avoid the adverts completely

There is a major difference, we can eat the occasional junk food meal and be very healthy. We cannot do the same with smoking.

In some ad breaks, every single adverts is for junk food or alcohol. We could really do with people not being so ill in this country, surely it’s costing the nhs a fortune.

Also, Captain Morgan rum adverts seem practically aimed at children!

But it isn't your fault that the UP junk food is addictive is it?

It's just like smoking. I don't think anyone would say that you should be able to be able to advertise cigarettes.