In response to the Advertising Standard’s Authority statement on its guidance for advertisers on the 9pm and on paid-for online media advertising restrictions, and subsequent call for a further consultation, the OHA has issues the following comment, featured in...
The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) is supporting today’s announced reforms to the planning system to protect children’s health by preventing new hot food takeaways from opening where children learn and play, or where they may affect the health of local communities. As...
Restricting advertisements for unhealthy food and drink is an essential step towards a healthier food environment, writes Katharine Jenner in the British Medical Journal 11th December 2024 (3 December 2024) The Obesity Health Alliance welcomes the news that children...
For the launch of the Obesity Health Alliance’s “Treatment of Overweight and Obesity Position Statement & Evidence Review”, over 200 NHS healthcare professionals have written to the Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting MP. The OHA are...
This report, developed by Action on Smoking and Health, Obesity Health Alliance and Alcohol Health Alliance, highlights the common strategies used by the tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food and drink industries to delay and undermine public health policies in order to...
What we eat is determined by the food around us. Health experts, campaigners and researchers agree – we need a food system change. The term ‘Ultra Processed Foods’ has captured public, media and political attention: the Obesity Health Alliance welcome the...
