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A holistic, consistent and watertight approach to restricting the exposure of children to all HFSS...

Conclusion
A holistic, consistent and watertight approach to restricting the exposure of children to all HFSS advertising needs to be developed. It should include: 56 a. bringing brand and range advertising into the scope of existing regulations as soon as possible and certainly not waiting for the five- year implementation period to gather evidence on this: evidence is already plentiful; b. developing new regulation, or updating existing regulation, to ban all outdoor advertising of HFSS foods, to be implemented by July 2027; c. launching a consultation on extending regulations to restrict exposure to HFSS foods to other forms of advertising, such as sports sponsorship, social media, mobile phone app notifications and online gaming; and d. updating advertising regulations to require food companies to dedicate resource to advertising healthy products. (Recommendation, Paragraph 115)
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Report published 15 Jul 2026