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Post by capitalomnibus on Aug 11, 2022 8:54:33 GMT
TfL junk food advert ban: Has the policy cut obesity?A new study from top academics has claimed 100,000 obesity cases have been prevented due to a ban on junk food advertising on the Transport for London (TfL) network.
But is it true?www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62420773
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Post by greenboy on Aug 11, 2022 10:10:54 GMT
TfL junk food advert ban: Has the policy cut obesity?A new study from top academics has claimed 100,000 obesity cases have been prevented due to a ban on junk food advertising on the Transport for London (TfL) network.
But is it true?www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62420773 Whilst I agree on the ban I'd be a bit dubious about these figures. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Aug 12, 2022 9:02:28 GMT
TfL junk food advert ban: Has the policy cut obesity?A new study from top academics has claimed 100,000 obesity cases have been prevented due to a ban on junk food advertising on the Transport for London (TfL) network.
But is it true?www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62420773 Whilst I agree on the ban I'd be a bit dubious about these figures. The ban is a load of hogwash imo. It does nothing and is merely just a CV tick box exercise for the mayor. Also there is still advertising on the National Rail network within London and various other billboards. I cannot say these adverts make me go and buy the food, more interesting to watch or read than anything else. |
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Post by greenboy on Aug 12, 2022 9:19:45 GMT
Whilst I agree on the ban I'd be a bit dubious about these figures. The ban is a load of hogwash imo. It does nothing and is merely just a CV tick box exercise for the mayor. Also there is still advertising on the National Rail network within London and various other billboards. I cannot say these adverts make me go and buy the food, more interesting to watch or read than anything else. These adverts wouldn't persuade me go and buy junk food either but I guess they're mainly aimed at children and they must be effective or McDonald's, KFC etc wouldn't be willing to pay for the adverts. |
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Post by vjaska on Aug 12, 2022 11:41:10 GMT
The ban is a load of hogwash imo. It does nothing and is merely just a CV tick box exercise for the mayor. Also there is still advertising on the National Rail network within London and various other billboards. I cannot say these adverts make me go and buy the food, more interesting to watch or read than anything else. These adverts wouldn't persuade me go and buy junk food either but I guess they're mainly aimed at children and they must be effective or McDonald's, KFC etc wouldn't be willing to pay for the adverts. I think the point here is advertising for junk food exists everywhere and not just on transport so really has just removed extra revenue it could of done with and I don’t believe those figures it’s helped reduce obesity at all. If people want to reduce obesity, education rather than banning stuff is the way to go |
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Post by uakari on Apr 12, 2023 19:47:46 GMT
Not for me 😆
People aren't sheep. Just leave us alone to eat what we want and worry about your own life. Thanks Sadiq.
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Post by greenboy on Apr 13, 2023 6:45:50 GMT
Not for me 😆 People aren't sheep. Just leave us alone to eat what we want and worry about your own life. Thanks Sadiq. Another thread from last year but the fact is a lot of people are "sheep" as you put it and are influenced by such advertising hence TfL quite rightly banning it. |
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Post by uakari on Apr 13, 2023 9:37:39 GMT
Not for me 😆 People aren't sheep. Just leave us alone to eat what we want and worry about your own life. Thanks Sadiq. Another thread from last year but the fact is a lot of people are "sheep" as you put it and are influenced by such advertising hence TfL quite rightly banning it. Depends how much you think people are influenced by advertising. No one's forcing them to buy it; it's a personal choice. Sadiq isn't my nanny. Both threads are ongoing issues, no? |
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Post by greenboy on Apr 13, 2023 9:45:24 GMT
Another thread from last year but the fact is a lot of people are "sheep" as you put it and are influenced by such advertising hence TfL quite rightly banning it. Depends how much you think people are influenced by advertising. No one's forcing them to buy it; it's a personal choice. Sadiq isn't my nanny. Both threads are ongoing issues, no? It's a no brainer, if people weren't influenced by advertising then there would be no point in paying for advertising! |
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Post by uakari on Apr 13, 2023 9:55:08 GMT
Depends how much you think people are influenced by advertising. No one's forcing them to buy it; it's a personal choice. Sadiq isn't my nanny. Both threads are ongoing issues, no? It's a no brainer, if people weren't influenced by advertising then there would be no point in paying for advertising! Advertising is more about specific brand familiarity than hypnotising people to buy that type of product. If people are going to eat 'junk food' (subjective term anyway), they're still going to do it. |
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