Peru: Law 30021 on the promotion of healthy food for children and adolescents in Peru

The purpose of this law is to effectively promote and protect the right to public health, as well as to adequate physical and personal development. To this end, it establishes actions focused on education, the promotion of physical activity and the implementation of healthy kiosks and canteens in regular basic education schools. It also contemplates the regulation of advertising, information and other practices related to food and non-alcoholic beverages aimed at children and adolescents, in order to prevent and reduce diseases associated with overweight, obesity and other chronic non-communicable diseases.