The National, 27 February 2026: Abu Dhabi authorities announce a ban on fast‑food advertising as part of a broader strategy to reduce exposure to unhealthy food marketing and improve public health.

Abu Dhabi has been developing policies aimed at reducing non‑communicable diseases linked to unhealthy diets. The new measure bans fast‑food advertising across the emirate as part of a wider framework regulating the promotion of unhealthy food and beverages.

The policy regulating unhealthy food and beverage advertising places restrictions on marketing products high in fat, sugar and salt, particularly where children could be influenced. It aims to reduce obesity and other chronic diseases by limiting public exposure to unhealthy food promotions, and it introduces coordinated enforcement involving regulatory, municipal and health authorities.

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