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Healthy Lives and Us – Children and Young People’s Perspectives on Tackling Obesity
By Emma Sparrow, Children and Young People’s Engagement Manager at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Emma leads the RCPCH &Us network, which represents the voice of children, young people, parents and carers - created to actively seek and share...
Separating facts from fiction: Six truths about junk food marketing
1. Junk food adverts significantly influence children’s food choices There is wealth of strong, peer-reviewed evidence proving that the food adverts children see, influence the foods they choose and how much of it they eat. Junk food marketing in particular is linked...
“An important step towards encouraging healthy lives” – Guest blog from Chris Askew on calorie labelling
By Chris Askew, Chief Executive at Diabetes UK The UK is the sixth most overweight nation on Earth, and the most overweight nation in Western Europe. This has serious consequences for our health, as obesity is linked to a range of serious health conditions including...
Guest blog: A parent’s view of junk food marketing
By Jennifer Hird, parent of four I remember standing on the escalator in a department store when my eldest son was 3; he turned to me and asked if we were going to be buying a particular brand of bathroom cleaner. I was baffled – partly because I had no idea he knew...
Blog: Low bars and loopholes – why children are not protected from junk food adverts online
When it comes to websites, YouTube is one of the biggest beasts there is. With more than a billion users watching an estimated 5 billion videos everyday ranging from beauty tutorials to cooking demonstrations to gaming walk-throughs, it has something for everyone....