Cheese is a junk food, says Great Britain

[Braddogg]

TV ban on adverts for cheese, the latest 'junk food'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=426083&in_page_id=1770

Cheese is to be treated as junk food under new advertising rules for children's television.

Commercials promoting it will be banned during children's TV programmes and those with a large proportion of young viewers.

The rules, which come into force this month, are part of a Government drive to reduce children's exposure to foods high in fat, salt and sugar.

Much to the disgust of its makers, cheese is to be regarded in the same light as crisps, sugary cereals and cheeseburgers.

In fact, under the criteria used by the Food Standards Agency to determine junk foods, such products are actually regarded as healthier than cheese.

The ban follows evidence that TV commercials have an indirect influence on what children eat and are contributing to obesity in the young.

The Food Standards Agency model assesses the fat, sugar and salt content in a 100g or 100ml serving of food or drink.

But the British Cheese Board points out that a typical portion of cheese was 30 to 40g - not the 100g used in the agency's model.

Most cheese would be exempt from the ban if a typical portion had been used in the calculations, according to the board.

It pointed out that cheese was one of the most 'nutritionally complete' foods.

The National Farmers' Union described the decision as ' nannying gone mad'.

[Michael Fisher]

 

The UK leads the world in surveillance, statism, and idiotic laws.

[earthhaven]

This is total . I love cheese. Cheese has calcium which helps in promoting strong bones . Is this the start of the war on cheese?

[aries]

Cheese is good for you


Eat more cheese.

[Michael Fisher]

I'm going to eat more cheese because of this news story.

If you don't use your liberty, you lose it!

[aries]

I had a slice of swiss on my sandwich today.

one of the better cheeses

[Pat McCotter]

Cheese is a WIC staple.

[eques]

I'm not much of a cheese person, just like I'm not a smoker and I don't drink much alcohol...

but goddammit!  Banning cheese now?

Maybe it's an antifrancophile measure... they're trying to rid English culture of French influences, starting with the smelly-feet cheeses... next will be baguettes... then red wine!

[lordmetroid]

Cheese nor Cheeze is not so good for you as with all deiry products they contain too much calcium for our bodies to cooperate with and there are a few other things that is not very good with deiry products as well. But I sure will not stop using deiry products. They might not be good for your body. But ohh, they are lovely for your rich palette of taste-buds. And I even have stomach cramps from the presumed lactose-intolerance I have(That fact is not scientificly proven)

[aries]

Cheese nor Cheeze is not so good for you as with all deiry products they contain too much calcium for our bodies to cooperate with and there are a few other things that is not very good with deiry products as well. But I sure will not stop using deiry products. They might not be good for your body. But ohh, they are lovely for your rich palette of taste-buds. And I even have stomach cramps from the presumed lactose-intolerance I have(That fact is not scientificly proven)

what about my 2 daily tums