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UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by deskr »

Pet_Ant wrote: post #8

Well I didn't understand how -besides the cereals maybe- are unhealthy > Breakfast cereals including ready-to-eat cereals, granola, muesli, porridge oats and other oat-based cereals. until I re-read and saw this: > But the new restrictions will not apply to healthier options such as natural porridge oats and unsweetened yoghurt. So I think it's not clear in the first sentence but "ready-to-eat" is meant to apply to a…

It's very strange they say porridge oats are banned, then go on saying "natural porridge oats" are not.

In my mind porridge oats are natural and you don't have to say that. If you have something else you need to say so.

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by tomp »

Wow, what's wrong with burgers?

I mean, certainly you can get bad meat, and maybe it's easier to conceal in a burger than in a steak, but ... how about literally all other processed meat that is invariably processed more than burgers? Salami, sausages, hot dogs, ...

I personally love burger, and consider it one of the finest foods.

Fortunately, there's a very easy way to know the quality of a burger - if they ask you, how well you want it done, it's high quality! Shitty burger places like McDonalds and Burger King don't want to risk selling you a medium-done burger... Funny enough, UK is one of the better places for high-quality burger, much better than e.g. Switzerland or Slovenia! My favourite in London is (was? 2019) Honest Burger...

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by ApolloFortyNine »

I could see supporting with this, but it does seem like an abuse of the 'for the children' argument for this.

Children pretty much have to eat what you give them until they get a job.

Also some chicken nuggets are bad, but some average a gram of protein per 10 calories, which is a pretty good ratio, and especially for frozen food. Can't help but think this is too broad.

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by jsheard »

optimalsolver wrote: post #10
jsheard wrote: post #5

Can we do gambling ads next? We banned tobacco ads and then seemingly forgot the lesson that it's actually bad to let advertisers shove addictive and self-destructive products in the publics face, including to former addicts at risk of relapse.

>Can we do gambling ads next? As long as we ban ads for stock trading platforms (i.e. gambling for the professional classes) at the same time.

I don't disagree, but stock trading ads are in some ways already more strictly regulated than gambling ads here. Gambling ads are required to have a vague "please gamble responsibly" statement, but ads for CFD trading platforms are required to have a prominent warning stating the exact percentage of their accounts which lose money (often >75%). The gambling ads don't have to tell you the real odds of coming out ahead.

e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM_zuudkSnY

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by xxs »

Winblows11 wrote: post #6

What about adverts on YouTube and TikTok and other online platforms? I doubt kids/teenagers watch much TV at all these days.

"This government is taking action now to end the targeting of junk food ads at kids, across both TV and online.",

it's a quote from the article, it's very likely they'd ban ads targeted at children.

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by jonplackett »

jsheard wrote: post #5

Can we do gambling ads next? We banned tobacco ads and then seemingly forgot the lesson that it's actually bad to let advertisers shove addictive and self-destructive products in the publics face, including to former addicts at risk of relapse.

The warnings for gambling ads are particularly infuriating.

Like what would anyone think of a smoking warning of “when the fun stops, stop”

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by Eumenes »

this is exactly the type of policy you'd expect from a governing body that is completely out of touch with the working class. I can imagine the cambridge, UCL, and oxford graduates patting eachother on the back after the meeting, congratulating themselves on solving childhood obesity.

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by bobthepanda »

ApolloFortyNine wrote: post #13

I could see supporting with this, but it does seem like an abuse of the 'for the children' argument for this. Children pretty much have to eat what you give them until they get a job. Also some chicken nuggets are bad, but some average a gram of protein per 10 calories, which is a pretty good ratio, and especially for frozen food. Can't help but think this is too broad.

more so in the past, there was a lot more food advertising directed at kids, because the thought was that kids could annoy their parents enough to drag the whole family to an establishment. and some marketing tricks work a lot better on children because of their social settings and general impulsiveness (e.g. "All the cool kids have Lunchables")

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by dmart »

deskr wrote: post #11
Pet_Ant wrote: post #8

Well I didn't understand how -besides the cereals maybe- are unhealthy > Breakfast cereals including ready-to-eat cereals, granola, muesli, porridge oats and other oat-based cereals. until I re-read and saw this: > But the new restrictions will not apply to healthier options such as natural porridge oats and unsweetened yoghurt. So I think it's not clear in the first sentence but "ready-to-eat" is meant to apply to a…

It's very strange they say porridge oats are banned, then go on saying "natural porridge oats" are not. In my mind porridge oats are natural and you don't have to say that. If you have something else you need to say so.

I’m assuming they mean stuff like Quaker oatmeal packets which are half sugar.
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