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TIL Since 1980 Quebec have restricted unhealthy food and beverage advertising for children under 13. The Heart and Stroke Foundation has advised that, as a result, Quebec households have a lower likelihood to purchase fast food and Quebec youth and children have very low rates of obesity.

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