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CHICAGO (Reuters) -- Up to 98 percent of the TV ads promoting food products that were directed at children aged 2 through 11 "were high in either fat, sugar, or sodium," wrote Lisa Powell of the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Date: 2007-09-04 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
In 2004, Britain's Food Standards Agency started a public health campaign called "Salt - Watch it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_salt#Campaigns)", which recommends no more than 6g of salt per day; it features a character called Sid the Slug and was criticised by the Salt Manufacturers Association (SMA).