Young People in the UK Could Eat 500 Extra Junk Food Snacks if they Watch a lot of Commercial TV (IMAGE)

Cancer Research UK

Young People in the UK Could Eat 500 Extra Junk Food Snacks if they Watch a lot of Commercial TV

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A 13 year-old boy is pictured surrounded by 500 packets of crisps, biscuits and fizzy drinks . This is the amount of extra junk food young people in the UK may eat over the course of the year if they watch a lot of commercial TV.

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