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A very high percentage of advertisements on television are aimed at children. What effects can television advertising have on children? Should television advertising for children be controlled?

#percentage #advertisements #television #children #effects
Currently most
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Currently, most
 of the advertisements on
television
 are focused on
children which
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children, which
 may have negative effects on them.
Therefore
, some controls are needed to be put in place. One of the main negative effects that children might receive from advertisements on
television
 is unhealthy lifestyle.
This
 is because most ads that focus on the young are for unhealthy products
such
 as candy, Coca-Cola, ice cream along with fast food. They are deliberately aimed to appeal to them through promotion meals that include popular cartoon characters and superheroes. Once they have seen superheroes they admire linked to these products, they may pester their parents to buy those products and,
as a result
, parents may give in to that pestering even though they know
that is
 not healthy food to give their children.
Therefore
, the poor eating habits that come from ads may contribute to the increase in obesity rates in children.
This
 negative effect on children’s lifestyle,
therefore
,
suggest
Suggestion
suggests
 that
further
 control of advertising is needed. One of the potential ways is to limit the
time
 on air that unhealthy food advertisements are allowed to be shown. The prime
time
 of ads should be the school
time
 and bed
time
of
Suggestion
with
 children in order to make sure that there is limited exposure to the ads. If the control does not come from authorities or companies, parents should take action. One possible way that parents can do
this
 is to choose the programs that do not include the ads or allow children to look through YouTube or online websites
instead
 of
television
 programs. In conclusion,
television
 adverts aimed at children should be controlled by limiting the
time
 that they are allowed on air and parents should choose the best way for children to look at programs because if the ads are not controlled, those ads may come up with a negative impact on children.
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