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The American Academy of Pediatrics has become the latest organisation to call for a ban on the advertising of junk food during children's television programs. "Healthy foods are advertised less than 3 per cent of the time," noted Donald Shifrin, the chairman of the committee that produced the new policy [6], which calls for the removal of junk food ads during children's programs, along with restrictions on ads for tobacco, alcohol and drugs for erectile dysfunction.
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[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/marketing/advertising
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/children
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/health
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[6] http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/6/2563?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT
[7] http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/us-doctors-seek-ban-on-junk-food-ads/2006/12/06/1165081020356.html