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Ad ban supporters target other media.(junk food television ads code of practice revised)(Brief article)

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Campaigners for a ban on the advertising of junk food to children are turning their fire on press and posters after securing some curbs on TV commercials.

The advertising industry, which is reviewing its code of practice after a request from the Government, is under mounting pressure to tighten it to bring it into line with the new rules for TV from Ofcom.

Professor Sir Albert Aynsley-Green, the Government's Children's Commissioner for England, said: 'Our research has found that the advertising of unhealthy foods in magazines, posters, text messages, internet ...

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