The effect of junk food advertising on obesity in children

There are controls on advertising for high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods in both broadcast and non-broadcast media in the UK.

A Commons Library briefing paper, Advertising to children, provides more general information on advertising and children.

Please note that this briefing focuses narrowly on issues around the advertising of HFSS products. It does not consider other wider factors and Government policies that may impact on childhood obesity rates.