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Food Standards Scotland won't scrap controversial diabetes ad despite outcry

on Sep 12, 2016 | 0 comments

By Stephen Lepitak

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) will not be removing its campaign to highlight the consequences of a poor diet despite an outcry that it carries inaccurate advice about diabetes.

The campaign claims that unless the people of Scotland and their children change their eating habits, 40 per cent of the country will be obese by 2030.

Of the two adverts in the campaign, it is the one that highlights the dangers of diabetes, featuring a young girl talking about what could happen if she eats too much chocolate and encouraging parents to limit their children’s consumption of unhealthy snacks, that Read full story ›

Source: The Drum