Companies can’t have their cake and eat it over junk food

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Daytime and early-evening TV slots for foods high in fat, salt and sugar will be outlawed (PA Archive)

The food and drinks industry is objecting to the proposed restrictions on the advertising of junk food.

They claim that the changes will have little effect on children’s eating habits, while at the same time damaging the industry.

How can both these claims be true?