Unicef warns of junk food ‘devastation’ to kids in East Asia and Pacific region


PHNOM PENH: Unicef in Cambodia has warned that an excess of advertisements for junk food which target children are having a devastating effect on their health.

This is not only encouraging them to eat unhealthy food, but putting them at risk of obesity and chronic diseases, it added.

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