The Alliance for Healthy Food calls for the regulation of advertising for unhealthy foods

The Alliance for Healthy Eating has made an urgent appeal this Friday to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to regulate the advertising of foods and beverages harmful to the health of children and adolescents, a measure that, according to the organization, has been stalled since 2022. This was requested by Javier Guzmán, director of Food Justice, one of the member organizations of the Alliance, who lamented that the "interest of large food corporations" is being prioritized over social, health, and the right to health of children. Guzmán recalled that in 2022, the then Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzón, presented a draft royal decree to regulate the advertising of ultra-processed foods. "That decree was vetoed by the Ministry of Agriculture, we think, due to pressure from the agro-food sector's 'lobbies'. We have been stuck and no progress has been made since then," Guzmán said, pointing out that similar measures are already applied in countries like ...