Nov 29, 2021
Faced with a conversation about the ‘nutrient profiling model’ it is likely that most people’s eyes would glaze over. Even more so if we started to explain that it is a complex algorithm based on a scoring system that weighs up the contribution of seven different...
Nov 16, 2021
This new data highlights the need for a relentless drive on improving children’s health. In particular we need an intense focus on closing the gap between the most and least deprived to ensure every single child has an equal chance to grow up healthy. Childhood...
Nov 9, 2021
Katharine Jenner RNutr, Director of Action on Sugar, discusses the role of reformulation in ‘turning the tide on obesity’ in Sugar Awareness Week 2021 Whether ‘tis nobler to make small improvements to the foods people already buy and eat. Or to take arms against...
Jul 26, 2021
If, as the much-quoted Harold Wilson comment goes, “a week is a long time in politics” then a year is practically a lifetime. And while government policy positions can radically change, over a year, a week or as in as little as three hours, turning policy...
Jun 23, 2021
By Dr Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology and Childhood, The Open University The UK Government has announced plans to significantly restrict online advertising of less healthy food and drinks. A ban on some adverts for certain foods high in...