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NZ children see more than 40 ads for unhealthy products each day. It's time to change marketing rules

  • Written by Tim Chambers, Research Associate in the Centre of Health Economics and Policy Innovation, Imperial College London
NZ children see more than 40 ads for unhealthy products each day. It's time to change marketing rulesResearch shows that New Zealand children are exposed to an average of 46 ads for unhealthy products every day.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Unhealthy products - including junk food, alcohol and gambling - are leading causes of cancer, obesity, diabetes, mental illness and many social harms. In New Zealand, alcohol alone contributes to an estim...

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