junk food

Oct 30, 2024

This GPS tool helps parents avoid fast-food routes

Kiwifruit producer Zespri has developed an online navigation tool to avoid driving routes that feature fast-food restaurants and junk food ads.

Jun 20, 2024

Calls grow in Australia for restrictions on junk-food advertising

As Australian doctors and medical students call for restrictions on all junk food marketing across media platforms and outlets between 5.30am and 11pm, YouGov data sheds light on what Australians truly think of the big, enticing and noisy world of junk-food advertising.

May 8, 2020

UK lobby groups call for halt on 'unhealthy' ads until end of lockdown

Action on Sugar and Action on Salt say certain brands are capitalising on government 'Stay home' message.

Jan 10, 2020

The waning appetite for marketing junk food in Asia

Marketers of sugary drinks and sodium-laden snacks will need to embrace healthier trends and watch their messaging to win over regulators and consumers alike.

Nov 27, 2012

Plans unveiled to strengthen junk food advertising rules

SINGAPORE - Junk food advertising to children across TV and print looks set to be subject to government-approved guidelines under plans mooted by the Health Promotion Board.

Nov 29, 2010

Obesity figures prompt renewed call for junk food ad ban in Singapore

SINGAPORE – The latest statistics showing diabetes rising to a 12-year high have led health minister Khaw Boon Wan to back the Health Promotion Board’s plans to curb fast-food advertising, particularly to children.

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