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Advertising is nowadays often targets children or products like fast food and toys. Many people believe this is bad for children and their families. Do you agree or disagree, give reasons with examples

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Undoubtedly, commercials of fast
food
 outlets giving freebies have become a topic of controversy because one school of thought opines that these advertisements have detrimental consequences. I am completely in favour of
this
 notion.
This
 essay will shed light on the reasons supporting my opinion with the help of real-life examples. To commence with the most prominent reason, advertisements given by companies lure children to consume fast
food
 . The commercials proclaiming free toys with meals lead children to fast-
food
 outlets as they are exhilarated by the notion of receiving their favourite action figure.
For instance
, McDonald's
provide
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 a little figure of their mascot ' Ronald' with their kids' meal.
Hence
, these figures become a source of pleasure for children and lure them to consume more
food
. Probing ahead, ready-to-eat
food
 items have low nutrition contents but ,these items are high in calories
therefore
, addiction to
such
 edibles results in increased unhealthy body fat.
Additionally
, indulgence in fast
food
 invites ailments like obesity, high blood pressure
and
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heart issues etcetera. To exemplify, in developed nations residents thrive solely or mostly on fast
food
 items and the results manifest in the fact that these nations make up for the largest chunk of obese and unfit individuals.
Hence
, addictive fast
food
 should be shunned. To recapitulate, owing to the aforementioned reasons and examples it can be concluded that fast
food
 has annihilating effects ,
therefore
,
such
 promotions should be disallowed by authorities with immediate effect.
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