Obesity and Undernourishment are Both Malnutrition and They're Both Unhealthy

Copyright (c) 2010 Alison WithersSeveral news reports have caught this writer's eye, in the last couple of weeks, all of them about children and as ever, the issue is about food and access to food, revealing what a crazy world we live in.Contrast this from the UK's Independent newspaper 18 May 2010 which reported that more than 100 diabetes experts had called on the Government to introduce a law banning all forms of "unhealthy food" adverts targeting children.The group argued that current restrictions on TV advertising during children's programmes should be extended to all ads, including newspaper, magazine and billboard ads, to stop an increase in numbers of obese young people.The report quoted Dr Scott Ramsay, lead organiser of the event

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