Ban On Junk Food Ads

[Old_Geezer]

I wondered what counts as junk food given the government plans. Thankfully the BBC provides the answer.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3d33l53r9o

 

🙂 I'm sure it would've taken less space listing what isn't junk.  Water, meat, fresh vegetables, err... that's it !

[barry1010]

Odd that porridge is listed as junk food; the NHS class it as healthy.

In this older article the BBC says we should all be eating it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/porridge

[Old_Geezer]

I noticed that too. The message has to be, "Eat more junk".

[ToraToraTora]

since when has breakfast cereal been junk food? Damn I'll have to start having a healthy fry up instead!

[newmodarmy]

Yes. I'm surprised at porridge, but I wonder if it just means certain types such as the highly processed Instant Oats that people like Michael Mosely have in recent years said were not healthy whereas, say, organic oats are okay

[barry1010]

You forgot fish, eggs, beans, legumes and nuts, OG

[barry1010]

I expect you're right, newmod.  I can't imagine that Quaker's Caramelised Biscuits Porridge Sachets are healthy.

I'll stick with my proper plain porridge every morning. 

[barry1010]

Will they also be banning adverts for the Deliveroo, JustEat etc?  The ads I've seen for them seem to feature burgers and pizzas 

[New Judge]

"...meat..."

You mustn't eat meat, OG. Bad for the planet, dontch'a know.

"Will they also be banning adverts for the Deliveroo, JustEat etc?"

A very good point.

Actually if they were true to their word they would ban the delivery of cooked food entirely. The order of predcedence for procuring cooked food should be this:

1. Buy the ingredients and cook it yourself.

2. Go to a restaurant, order it and sit there to eat it.

3. (As a last resort) go to a takeaway establishment, order the food, wait for it to be cooked and take it home.

The idea that vast quantities of cooked food, most of it entirely unwholesome, should be biked about on the back of scooters for people too lazy to feed themselves, is one of the main reasons for obesity. Making it difficult for people to be fed without getting up from the armchair will help combat it.

That said, nothing the government does will prevent people gorging on usuitable food. I was visiting somebody in hospital last week. In a nearby bed the patient (vastly overweight) had a visitor (similarly vastly overweight) who brought in a pack of sixteen large sausage rolls. The pair of them proceeded to scoff these, one after another and by the time I left they had eaten about ten between them. Did the visitor  buy them after seeing an advert for them? Of course not and banning such adverts will not make the slightest difference. It will make the Prime Minister feel good though, as he would have done his bit to "save" the NHS.

[dave50]

Dont you just hate that expression? "Save the NHS" Anyone would think it's a living organism. Mind you some think it is.

[barry1010]

I agree with you entirely re take away deliveries, NJ.

I'm sure some people have their usual daily meals then when they are sat in front of the TV, had a few drinks order a late night take away just because they fancy it and it's no effort.

Never fancied it myself 

[ToraToraTora]

10:04 ...I have seen at my local hospital people with lung issues, probably emphasyma, standing outside with an oxygen cylinder and mask taking puffs of a ciggie in between breathing oxygen!

[ToraToraTora]

I agree with judge on takeaway deliveries. Yes I have ordered but really it's lazyness, I should go and get it on the rare occasions I do have a takeaway. Can you imagine the hush hush black market that would spring up? You'd have young lads on bikes delivering Pizza with their weed and cocaine! ....and those cop shows....we caught this guy with a 15 indian takeaways clearly not for personal use...lock him up!

[newmodarmy]

We've never ordered a home delivery meal (except once when in a holiday apartment for one night), but some neighbours do it regularly. One man has a deliveroo type delivery every single evening when his wife works away on business, which is most weeks and can sometimes can be for 5 days at a time.

And for another neighbour, the family have a breakfast delivery every Saturday morning as well as their regular Friday night pizzas and occasional Indian meal. It may not be true but they claim not to have cooked a family meal for ages. Oh, and they regularly get ice creams in summer when the ice cream van calls. They have the waistlines to show it and both parents have ongoing heart issues.

[douglas9401]

I get the feeling some are letting their imagination appear on the screen as the escalation progresses.

Will we end up with someone claiming to be Elvis' go-to delivery guy?

[bhg481]

Nobody seems to have noticed that, for advertising to be banned, the food must fall into both categries so, whilst breakfast foods are listed in one category they also have to be declared unhealthy by the NHS. Thus porridge advertising will not be banned if the NHS don't declare it unhealthy.

[ToraToraTora]

10:36 Elvis used to have these apparently

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_Gold_Loaf

 

[Canary42]

///You forgot fish, eggs, beans, legumes and nuts, OG////

 

and fresh fruit.

[douglas9401]

Uh-huh.

[THECORBYLOON]

BHG, porridge oats have already been deemed to be HFSS (high in fat, sugar or sugar) in previous legislation so the new legislation would apply to porridge oats.

[THECORBYLOON]

..."HFSS (high in fat, sugar or salt)..."