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/ 7 August 2007

‘Junk food’ companies target kids on the net

Some of the world’s leading food manufacturers have begun marketing to children on social networking websites and internet chat rooms. Since new rules imposed by the British media regulator Ofcom made it difficult to advertise during children’s television programmes, brands such as McDonald’s, Starburst, Haribo and Skittles are using the internet to target British children.