May 26, 2023
Evidence shows that children living with overweight and obesity now risk serious life-limiting and life-threatening health problems later in life. Jennifer O’Mara, World Cancer Research Fund International’s Policy & Public Affairs Officer reflects on the...
May 24, 2023
In this blog, Prof Jim McManus, Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) President welcomes the launch of the Obesity Health Alliance manifesto which sets out an ambitious agenda. The scale of the challenge demands honesty, brave decisions and long-term...
May 22, 2023
Nearly two years on from publication of the Obesity Health Alliance’s ‘Turning the Tide – a 10 year Healthy Weight Strategy’, former OHA director Caroline Cerny (now Director of Policy and Engagement at Bite Back 2030) reflects on the process...
Jan 13, 2022
In November 2021, NHS Digital released new data from England’s National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP). This surveillance programme collects data on the weight and height of children in their first and last years of primary school and is used to understand...
Dec 7, 2021
Guest blog by Amy Finlay, PhD student at the University of Liverpool At this time of year, it’s hard to escape food marketing. Everywhere we turn there are TV adverts, social media posts and bus shelter posters promoting a wide variety of mouth-watering,...
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...
