Rejected petition Ban junk food & soft drinks advertisements.

Obesity costs the NHS 5.1 Billion, and is the leading cause of Type 2 Diabetes, which costs almost 10B. Advertisings from Mac Donald's, Subway, Burger King, KFC, Coca Cola and other junk food chains make an enormous contribution to obesity, especially childhood obesity.

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Although advertisements are expensive and therefore contribute to the economy of TFL etc., the cost of obesity and diabetes on the NHS and the government (from treatment, other obesity-related health issues, well as disability benefits, lost days of work, and many others) is simply too high to ignore the issue purely for financial reasons.
A ban on advertisements is the obvious way out. Campaigns like "5 a day" should ideally replace the current junk food advertisements.

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Date submitted 20 November 2016
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