Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health 2014, para. 25
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- Owing to the inherent problems associated with self-regulation and public-private partnerships, there is a need for States to adopt laws that prevent companies from using insidious marketing strategies. The responsibility to protect the enjoyment of the right to health warrants State intervention in situations when third parties, such as food companies, use their position to influence dietary habits by directly or indirectly encouraging unhealthy diets, which negatively affect people's health. Therefore, States have a positive duty to regulate unhealthy food advertising and the promotion strategies of food companies. Under the right to health, States are especially required to protect vulnerable groups such as children from violations of their right to health. To reduce opportunities for targeted advertisements, some States have instituted laws to ban companies from advertising their products to children below a certain age and to limit the availability of unhealthy foods in schools.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/31, para. 25.
- Paragraph number
- 25
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