Restrictions on marketing food to children

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Global map showing countries with national-level, mandatory policies aimed at protecting children from harmful marketing for unhealthy foods or beverages by limiting children’s exposure to marketing and/or by limiting the persuasive power of food marketing via restrictions on the use of certain creative marketing techniques. This resource includes charts comparing countries’ policy design, scope, and adherence to the World Health Organization’s guidelines for policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing.

Learn more about marketing regulations in our partner countries and the evidence for limiting food and beverage marketing as a policy intervention to improve public health.

Marketing restrictions around the world

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Updated May 2026