Nov 10, 2020
Responding to the announcement of a new government consultation on the total restriction of online advertising for HFSS products, Caroline Cerny, Alliance Lead, said: “Junk food advertising works. That’s why food companies spend hundreds of thousands every year,...
Sep 7, 2020
In response to Public Health England’s publication of calorie reduction guidelines for the food industry, Caroline Cerny, Alliance Lead at the Obesity Health Alliance said: “It’s much harder to eat healthily when so much of the food available to us is over-loaded with...
Oct 10, 2019
“Every child has the right to grow up healthy, but these data shows the stark reality is that children are being overwhelmed by a flood of unhealthy food in our environment. The number of children with a weight classified as severely obese is at an all-time high and...
Oct 10, 2019
“This bold report clearly lays out how our environment is flooded with unhealthy food and drink and how this is overwhelming families and damaging children’s health. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Professor Dame Sally tackles the issue head on with a series of...
Feb 1, 2019
What these new figures in fact reveal is that children’s media habits have changed, with time increasingly spent not just in front of the TV but online. And where the audiences go, so do the advertisers. However, exposure to harmful advertising on TV still remains a...
Oct 11, 2018
“The ever-increasing number of children living with obesity is a clear reflection of the unhealthy wider environment that pushes us towards sugary and fatty food and drinks. But we can do something about this. We need to start with reducing the number of junk food...
