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Children eat more after seeing just five minutes of junk food ads, study finds

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Young people who saw or heard ads for products high in unsaturated fat, sugar and salt ate an average of 130 extra calories. Photograph: Arkadij Schell/Getty Images

Children will eat significantly more calories in a day after watching just five minutes of junk food advertising, according to a groundbreaking study.

Young people who saw or heard adverts for products high in saturated fat, sugar and salt consumed an average of 130 extra calories, equivalent to two slices of bread, the research found.

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