https://www.foodprocessing.com/industrynews/2021/uk-restricts-fast-food-ads-u-s-urged-to-do-same/

The United Kingdom is about to enact strict regulations on junk food
advertising to children, and a research group is urging the United
States to follow suit.

The British regulations, which will go into effect at the end of 2022,
will forbid TV advertising before 9 p.m. for foods high in sugar, salt
and fat. There are some exceptions for foods that are deemed not to
contribute to childhood obesity, such as honey, olive oil and
avocados. The British advertising industry is bitterly opposed

Meanwhile, researchers from the University of Connecticut’s Rudd
Center for Food Policy and Obesity have published a study showing that
the fast-food industry increased its ad spending 9% between 2012 and
2019, and that children were seeing an average of 2.4 fast-food ads
per day.

Researchers were especially concerned over the impact on minority
children. Spending on Spanish-language advertisements increased 33%
from 2012 to 2019. In addition, Black children saw 75% more fast-food
ads than white ones in 2019, compared with 60% more in 2012.

McDonald’s and Burger King adhere to the Children’s Food and Beverage
Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), which requires that participating
companies advertise only healthier products on TV programming directed
to children under 12. However, the study found flaws with that
approach, principally that most fast-food chains don’t participate in
CFBAI, and that nine out of 10 fast-food ads that children see appear
on programming, and advertise products, not intended for children.

Nowhere did the study suggest that parents-- who are supposedly
adults-- curtail their children's intake of fast food. Nor did the
study reveal how children under 12 were getting to fast food outlets
on their own and paying for the food without their parent's
permission.

On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 08:19:36 -0700, KlausSchadenfreude
<klaus.schadenfreudeREMOVE@gmail.com> wrote:

>https://www.foodprocessing.com/industrynews/2021/uk-restricts-fast-food-ads-u-s-urged-to-do-same/
>
>The United Kingdom is about to enact strict regulations on junk food
>advertising to children, and a research group is urging the United
>States to follow suit.
>
>The British regulations, which will go into effect at the end of 2022,
>will forbid TV advertising before 9 p.m. for foods high in sugar, salt
>and fat. There are some exceptions for foods that are deemed not to
>contribute to childhood obesity, such as honey, olive oil and
>avocados. The British advertising industry is bitterly opposed
>
>Meanwhile, researchers from the University of Connecticut’s Rudd
>Center for Food Policy and Obesity have published a study showing that
>the fast-food industry increased its ad spending 9% between 2012 and
>2019, and that children were seeing an average of 2.4 fast-food ads
>per day.
>
>Researchers were especially concerned over the impact on minority
>children. Spending on Spanish-language advertisements increased 33%
>from 2012 to 2019. In addition, Black children saw 75% more fast-food
>ads than white ones in 2019, compared with 60% more in 2012.
>
>McDonald’s and Burger King adhere to the Children’s Food and Beverage
>Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), which requires that participating
>companies advertise only healthier products on TV programming directed
>to children under 12. However, the study found flaws with that
>approach, principally that most fast-food chains don’t participate in
>CFBAI, and that nine out of 10 fast-food ads that children see appear
>on programming, and advertise products, not intended for children.
>
>Nowhere did the study suggest that parents-- who are supposedly
>adults-- curtail their children's intake of fast food. Nor did the
>study reveal how children under 12 were getting to fast food outlets
>on their own and paying for the food without their parent's
>permission.

Too many parents don't want to parent.

--
KWills
alt.food.fast-food Leadership Committee President