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THE AD-FLAB DEBATE.(advertising)

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As the UK's children grow more obese, TV advertising is being made to shoulder the blame. How can the ad industry fight back, Alasdair Reid asks.

When it comes to the role of advertising within the whole issue of children and obesity, battle lines seem to be drawn up along confused and often obscure lines. Far more so than in the (superficially) comparable case of binge-drinking, teenagers and advertising. In both instances we are taking about a social evil in which advertising may well have a role to play. But in the case of alcohol, notions of cause and effect are often assumed to be black and white in their simplicity.

It is often assumed, for ...

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