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In Mexico, most school-aged children are regularly exposed to advertisements.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To examine the association of removing television advertisements of unhealthy food and beverages with body weight among school-aged youth.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This decision analytical model used a simulation model based on nonlinear differential equations to estimate 1-year changes in energy intake and obesity by removing television advertisements for unhealthy foods among children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 years. The study used national, representative survey waves from 2022 and 2023 (data collected between September and December of each year) of nonpregnant, nonlactating youths aged 10 to 17 years in Mexico with a plausible body mass index. Data were analyzed from May to December 2025.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposure<\/jats:title>\n Complete removal of television advertisements for unhealthy foods and beverages was simulated. For the main scenario, we assumed the intervention would apply to all children and adolescents exposed to television advertising (79.2%) regardless of the time of exposure. Sensitivity analyses varied adherence (30%-100%) and assumed a dose response between exposure time to advertisements and energy intake.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n Primary outcomes were changes in daily energy intake, body weight, body mass index, obesity prevalence, and obesity cases.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The analytic sample included 2834 children and adolescents, representing 17\u202f735\u202f608 individuals, with mean television viewing time of 99.8 min\/d (95% CI, 92.5-107.2 min\/d) and mean daily exposure to unhealthy food advertising of 2.8 min\/d (95% CI, 2.6-3.0) min\/d. Removing advertisements resulted in a projected mean decrease of 47 kcal\/d (95% uncertainty interval [UI], 3-92 kcal\/d), leading to a mean weight reduction of 1.2 kg (95% UI, 0.1-2.2 kg) per child in 1 year. Obesity prevalence decreased by 8.3% (95% UI, 0.3%-18.1%), equivalent to 271\u202f000 cases averted. Results assumed no increase in digital marketing.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this decision analytical model, removing unhealthy food and beverage advertisements from television was associated with a substantial reduction in body weight and obesity among children and adolescents in Mexico. 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