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To: Matt Hancock, Minister for Health and Social Care & Jeremy Wright, Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Stop junk food advertisers targeting our kids
Change the law to ban adverts for unhealthy food and drink products online or on TV before 9pm.
Why is this important?
It's tough being a parent trying to help your children make the right choices. You want your kids to have treats but you also want them to eat healthily. It's a tricky balancing act.
As a parent I want my child to be able to enjoy the simple pleasures of watching something without being bombarded with ads for junk food. Kids can be impulsive. It's not right that companies are making a quick buck exploiting our kids like this. It needs to stop.
Parents need to know they can send their kids off to school without advertisers flooding their phones and screens with ads for sugary drinks and snacks.
Our kids are unhealthier than ever. One in three are leaving primary school obese, and with a higher chance of developing diabetes, asthma and other health conditions later in life. For the first time ever kids aren’t expected to live as long as their parents. And this is making our kids unhappy too, as it’s leading to depression and low self-esteem in our young people.
There’s a simple solution - ban junk food advertising before 9pm. Will you sign my petition telling the government to do it?
