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How the food industry throws its weight - and its money - around in sport, politics, nutrition and education.

Radio NZ reports: Newly drafted rules about advertising to children should apply to all under 18-year-olds, rather than under 16-year-olds, a leading food and nutrition policy expert says. Hilarious. We are being told that 16 and 17 year olds are mature enough to be given the vote, but they are not mature enough to see

Expert says rules about advertising to children should apply to all under-18-year-olds.

Proposed rules on advertising to children should apply to all under-18s, rather than under-16s, a leading food and nutrition policy expert says.

The Advertising Standards Authority plans to stop brands associated with junk food from showing logos in certain settings.

Professor Boyd Swinburn, of Health Coalition Aotearoa – a long time supporter of a sugar tax – said the last decade has been ‘’a vacuum of action on child obesity’’. If the Government ruled out sugary drinks levies, there would be little else to arrest the countrys appalling childhood obesity rates, he said. Supplied Junk food advertising is present everywhere, groups concerned about New Zealands child obesity rate say. ‘’The industry code is a demonstrable failure and what e...

any evidence of " Or maybe you could point me in the right direction? Bit of a vaccine mystery Ginny Andersen: How will domestic capability and manufacturing contribute to New Zealand accessing a vaccine? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: New Zealand’s science and vaccine manufacturing sectors have an incredibly important role to play in ensuring New Zealanders get early access to a vaccine. Locally, the Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand will receive $10 million to lead COVID-19 vaccine research thro...

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