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Legislate that weight-loss adverts are only permitted post-watershed.

Submitted on Sunday 12th May 2019

Published on Friday 14th June 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 59

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Children ~ Media ~ TV ~ UK

Petition Action

Legislate that weight-loss adverts are only permitted post-watershed.

Petition Details

Approximately 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder*. It is difficult to watch daytime TV without viewing adverts telling people how to lose weight. This is not appropriate content for children, who internalize this narrative telling them that weight-loss is desirable.

Additional Information

* https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/media-centre/eating-disorder-statistics


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