38. States are urged to implement their obligations regarding children’s right to health, which requires States to address obesity in children, limit children’s exposure to fast foods and drinks high in sugar and caffeine and other harmful substances, regulate the marketing of such foods and control their availability in schools and other places frequented by children. States should also ensure that effective health education and awareness programmes are targeted toward children, such as countermarketing campaigns or peer education programmes, and that healthy food options and information relating to them are available at institutions serving children, such as schools, paediatric health facilities or youth centres.
| Year | 2014 |
| Topic | Food policy Other Health-related issues |
| Document Type | Special Reports |
| Country | N/A |
| Policy Area | Food marketing regulations Schools and meals programs Education and information |
| Human Rights | Right to health Right to information Right to education Right to adequate food and nutrition Right to a healthy environment |
| Groups Affected | Children and adolescents |
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, A/HRC/26/31, (2014). Par. 38. Available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/26/31
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