OPINION: Health adverts should focus on ultra-processed foods, not demonising dairy

Online editor Emily Ashworth questions the impact a new anti-dairy advert shown in cinemas and mainstream TV channels could have on the nation's health - and the environment

Emily Ashworth
Digital Editor
clock • 1 min read
OPINION: Health adverts should focus on ultra-processed foods, not demonising dairy

When you go to the cinema, the last thing you expect to sit through is an animal activist advert showing cows crying and calling for people to choose foods with more ‘compassion'. 'Dairy is Scary', the...

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