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Health
William Ton

Push to change kids' appetite with junk food ad ban

Ads for unhealthy food would be banned online and limited to late night spots on TV and radio. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Junk food advertising could disappear from Australian children's entertainment platforms in a bid to stamp out childhood obesity.

Marketing of unhealthy foods would be prohibited from 6am to 9.30pm on TV and radio broadcasts, while ads on social media and online sites would be banned outright, under a proposed bill to be introduced to parliament on Monday by independent MP Sophie Scamps.

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