July 1, 2011

NEWS / INTERNET / GAMING / OBESITY: Online games and social media used to target junk foods at children


Online games and social media websites are being used to target junk foods at children and even recruit them for promotion, health campaigners claim.

Researchers from the International Association for the Study of Obesity warned that firms are using the internet to push foods with high salt, sugar and fat content directly to children, with parents often ignorant of what is going on.

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