Feb 22, 2018
The issue of junk food marketing to children is rightly receiving lots of media and political attention at the moment. A recent report from the Obesity Health Alliance found children can be exposed to nine junk food adverts during a 30 minute TV programme, while new...
Dec 7, 2017
These statistics provide yet more evidence of the childhood obesity crisis that is threatening the future health of generations of children. To reduce levels of obesity we need to make it easier for families to make healthier choices starting with a 9pm watershed on...
Nov 11, 2017
“It is both shocking and sobering that there are 92% more obese adults in the UK now than in the 1990s – and that the UK has the fifth highest obesity rate amongst OECD countries and the highest in Western Europe. “The answer lies in tackling the problem early –...
Oct 26, 2017
“The Scottish Government has put forward a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of proposals which recognise that by removing the forces pushing families towards junk food, we can make healthy lifestyles easier. Taking action on special offers on junk food, and...
Oct 19, 2017
“Each year the childhood obesity statistics tell the same devastating story. Obesity continues to rise and it’s the children from the most deprived backgrounds who have the odds stacked against them. Nearly one in ten children are obese when they first start school...
