India, Jan. 30 -- The Economic Survey 2025-26 raised concerns on the growing consumption of ultra-processed foods containing high fat, salt and sugar amid India becoming one of the fastest growing markets for such items in the world and pitched for a ban on their advertisements from morning to late night.

The pre-Budget document tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday also suggested restrictions on the marketing of infant and toddler milk and beverages, while flagging growing obesity among children. "More troubling still, the prevalence of excess weight among children under five has risen from 2.1 per cent in 2015-16 to 3.4 per cent in 2019-21," it said.

According to estimates, over 3.3 crore children in India were obese in 2020, and it is ...