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WASHINGTON, D.C. The American Obesity Association has asked the Food and Drug Administration to consider a proposal that would prohibit companies that heavily advertise foods of low nutritional value from taking a tax deduction for the cost of those ads.
In a letter sent to FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan on Sept. 30, the advocacy group argued that of the $7 billion spent on advertising food each year, most of the ads tout food of low nutritional value.
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