Dec 11, 2020
By Leia Clifton, Policy Officer, Obesity Health Alliance In the UK, multi-buy promotional offers, such as buy-one-get-one-free and 3-for-2 deals flood our supermarket shelves. This has led us to spend more buying food products on promotion than any other country in...
Dec 3, 2020
Here’s the lowdown on the Government’s plans to introduce a total restriction on junk food adverts online. Children currently see a LOT of junk food adverts online Research estimates that children in the UK see over 15 billion adverts for food and drink products that...
Oct 15, 2020
By Dr Kawther Hashem, Campaign Lead at Action on Sugar The long-awaited 2019 sugar reduction progress report has been published, reflecting on the last three years of sugar reduction efforts in breakfast cereals, yogurts, chocolate, sweets, just to mention a few...
Oct 6, 2020
By Dr Emma Boyland, Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool That the intention of advertising is to influence an audience shouldn’t need saying. Basic market rules dictate that if advertising wasn’t effective in influencing us, then it wouldn’t exist. As an...
Sep 30, 2020
By Leia Clifton, Policy Officer, Obesity Health Alliance Making everyday decisions around food and drink purchases provides an ongoing challenge for us all. With the vast array of different products on shelves identifying the healthier options is becoming increasingly...
Jul 15, 2020
By Katharine Jenner, Registered Nutritionist and Campaign Director at Action on Sugar When it comes to selling food and drink products, advertisers have a few tools at their disposal, such as image, price, packaging and distribution. But one important element that...
