The UK is banning online junk food marketing: what’s stopping Australia?

The recent announcement that the UK will ban on online junk food marketing, and junk food advertising on TV before 9pm, shows it’s politically feasible and acceptable, according to Professor Anna Peeters, Associate Professor Kathryn Backholer and Dr Vicki Brown, from Deakin University. They explore below why Australia has not acted to date, and how research is showing the way forward.