Doctors call for ban on sugary drink ads

Some of the country’s top medics have called on the Government to ban the advertisement of sugar-sweetened drinks to children.

Doctors call for ban on sugary drink ads

Some of the country’s top medics have called on the Government to ban the advertisement of sugar-sweetened drinks to children.

With two-thirds of adults and one-quarter of children in Ireland now classed as obese, the Royal College of Physicians Ireland (RCPI) said vulnerable youngsters need to be shielded from slick ads and marketing.

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