Young people want a council to restrict the advertising of food high in fat, salt and sugar.
"If a person sees a burger advert it doesn't mean you want a burger, it is more malicious than that," says Suzanna Forwood
Suzanna Forwood, from the Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said the way companies used advertising for junk food was "malicious" and typically targeted at "lower income communities". It organised a petition in November because it said young people were "bombarded with junk food ads and left to deal with the consequences of obesity and poor mental health on their own".
"This is a huge and challenging problem, and it is wonderful to hear young people pushing the council to take this action.
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