09 January 2026
Pod Bites: Junk food adverts banned
Landmark junk food restrictions introduced this week are expected to remove up to 7.2 billion calories from children's diets a year.
They are also expected to reduce childhood obesity by 20,000 and deliver £2 billion in health benefits. But will loopholes in the regulations undermine their impact?
Katharine Jenner, Executive Director at Obesity Health Alliance, unpacks the issue in our latest podcast.
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