Obesity Abstracts

Background: Food advertising increases young people’s acute calorie intake and in response, the UK Government is consulting on a 9 pm pre-watershed for television/online advertising for high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) foods; however, more subtle effects of advertising on children’s understanding and attitudes are unclear. We undertook a systematic review assessing the influence of advertising on children and adolescents’ decision-making. A key element of the work...