The study explores unhealthy food marketing to children in Australia. It outlines the policy problem and rationale for action; overview of methodology; policy options for reducing children’s exposure to unhealthy food and drink marketing; and an assessment of potential impacts. The analysis indicates that current self-regulatory arrangements do not provide sufficient protection.

Companies are using sophisticated data-driven marketing methods to track, profile and target Australians with advertising of harmful and addictive products, including gambling, alcohol and unhealthy food. This report calls for a strong regulatory response to address the harms. It recommends a range of measures that will help create safer online spaces for people most at...

This report looks at how government can improve nutrition and health outcomes for the public, arguing that the current approach is insufficient. The authors call for government intervention to shift the obesity conversation away from individual choice to focus on the commercial food environment and social determinants of poor nutrition.

This submission is based on findings from the ADM+S Australian Advertising Observatory related to unhealthy food ads on Australian social media platforms, and the work of the research team on observability of online advertising.

This pilot study which analyses screen recordings from young people’s online activity found that companies are targeting them with ads for harmful products including alcohol, gambling and junk food. The ads drive engagement with harmful and addictive products.