Canadians view of food ads ban to kids impacting obesity rate by gender 2016

The graph presents the share of consumers who believed that banning ads of food and drinks to children was effective in lowering the obesity rate in Canada as of April 2016, broken down by gender. During the survey, it was found that 60 percent of male Canadians agreed with the effectiveness of such a measure, while the same was true for 68 percent of female respondents.

Share of consumers who believe banning ads of food and drinks to children is effective in lowering the obesity rate in Canada as of April 2016, by gender

Characteristic	Very/somewhat effective	Not that/not at all effective
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Release date

April 2016

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

From April 5 to 7, 2016

Number of respondents

1,513 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: [A ban on advertising food and drinks to children]And if implemented, do you think any of those same approaches would be effective at lowering the rate of obesity in Canada?

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