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Poland to clamp down on junk food ads targeting kids: report

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Paweł Kononczuk 30.03.2017 11:15
Poland’s Ministry of Health is to clamp down on advertisements of unhealthy food targeting children, according to reports.
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The ministry plans to ban adverts encouraging children to buy and eat sweets, sweetened drinks and salty snacks, the Gazeta Polska Codziennie daily reported.

Obesity in children and adolescents has reached epidemic proportions, the paper said, adding that over 20 percent of Polish youngsters are overweight.

"Research shows that more than 50 percent of children and young people in Poland eat in a way that is unsatisfactory or incorrect on a daily basis," the paper added.

(pk)

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