Regulating Food Advertising to Children

Around the world, approximately 170 million children under the age of 18 are estimated to be overweight or obese. Childhood obesity can lead to serious health consequences, including an increased risk for heart disease, sleep disorders, cancer, and early death. The way companies market their food and beverages to children affects what they eat. In a recent paper, two legal scholars show how food advertising regulations in six countries—including the United States—fail to protect children adequately from excessive promotion of unhealthy foods. Belinda Reeve and Roger Magnusson of the University of Sydney Law School assess the strengths and weaknesses of each country’s regulatory schemes. They identify three distinct schemes used to regulate food advertising to children: statutory regulation, where a government entity develops and implements the regulation; co-regulation, where the regulatory process is shared by public and private entities; and…

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