Researchers have long known that junk food advertising can prompt children to eat more. But a new study, presented this week at the European Congress on Obesity in Málaga, Spain, goes further — ...

Professor Boyland: "This study is the first to demonstrate that brand-only food ads increase children's food intake." ...

The Australian Greens political parties have called for the ... move but said “it needs to go further.” “If a ban on junk food ads on buses, trains and trams can make a difference then ...

Plans to ban junk food ads from bus stops and billboards to protect public health are being stymied by advertising industry lobbying, reveals an investigation published by The BMJ. The BMJ sent ...

Background imagery, graphics or cartoons associated with “junk food” products will be outlawed under the government’s clampdown on HFSS ads, a consultation set out today. The Advertising Standards ...

A 9pm watershed on TV junk food advertising will come into force in October 2025, the government has confirmed. This will come alongside a total ban on paid-for online advertising for junk food ...

Exposure to junk food advertisements (relative to non-food) results in children and adolescents consuming significantly more calories during the day, regardless of the type of media advertising ...

Five minutes of junk food advertising is enough to persuade children to eat an extra 130 calories every day, British research has found. Children and teenagers exposed to the marketing ate far ...

Ministers will today unveil the new law, set to kick in from October 1, 2025. Health chiefs predict the ad ban will strip 7.2billion calories a year from kids’ diets It will restrict ads for ...

From the proposed changes to ad rules around junk food to the pull back on media spend at the end of last year, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take. This year was always going to be a big one for ...

A new ban on junk food advertising on TV and online will cut just two calories a day from children’s diets – equal to less than a tenth of a jelly baby. Ministers will today introduce ...

Junk food adverts will be banned on TV before 9pm from October 2025, the government confirmed. Boris Johnson, the former Conservative prime minister, first announced adverts for foods high in fat ...