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ジャンクフードの広告を禁止して、さらに、購入には年齢制限を導入することについて

・引用元：　Ban junk food advertising and introduce an age limit, CDA institute says

A ban on advertising unhealthy foods, price rises and even a ban on fast food for children are among the suggestions made by the CDA scientific institute to boost a healthy lifestyle.

Lifestyle related illnesses became a greater issue during the coronavirus pandemic, but more care, money and personnel are not the solution, the institute said in a new report. ‘Unhealthy food is so widely available that people are becoming ill unnecessarily,’ the institute said.

Obesity, diabetes, heart and lung disease and cancer are among the illnesses which can be triggered by an unhealthy diet and children are becoming used to eating unhealthy food at a young age, the report said.

The report suggests limits to fast food availability, a ban on marketing unhealthy products, making agreements about the supply of good food and stimulating the market to make changes by making unhealthy food more expensive.

It also wants better education for children, the introduction of school lunches at a primary school level, and suggests ‘consider introducing a minimum age for fast food, similar to that introduced for alcohol and tobacco’.

‘It is crucial to ensure that our food supply serves people’s health and that the advantages enjoyed by industrial, processed food are removed,’ author Gerard Adelaar said.

This should all be accompanied by a massive publicity offensive to encourage people to eat less industrial, ultra processed-food and better regulation of the industrial food sector, he said.

Question

Would you support a ban on fast food for children? Why or why not? State your opinion
together with your reasons.

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・日本人は世界で一番平均寿命が長いことで知られています。しかし、健康寿命と平均寿命の差が大きいという問題もあります。この差を埋めるためにはどうしたらいいでしょうか。十分間で話し合ってください

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