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...
Oct 19, 2017
“Each year the childhood obesity statistics tell the same devastating story. Obesity continues to rise and it’s the children from the most deprived backgrounds who have the odds stacked against them. Nearly one in ten children are obese when they first start school...
Dec 14, 2016
“Obesity is still an urgent public health epidemic costing our national health service billions of pounds every year. Prevalence hasn’t changed much but the majority of adults remain worryingly obese or overweight. As our waistlines continue to increase, so do the...
Nov 15, 2016
“Whilst there is no magic bullet to solving the obesity epidemic, there is a clear consensus on what the priorities should be. A sugary drinks tax, reducing sugar, fat and salt from food and drink and protecting children from exposure to incessant junk food...
Nov 15, 2016
“It will be no surprise to most people that soft drinks contain a lot of sugar – but it’s the sheer amount of sugar that will come as a shock to many. Drinking just one can of ginger beer or cola for example, would immediately take you over the daily...
Aug 18, 2016
The Obesity Health Alliance says the measures announced today are far from an ambitious strategy and let down the next generation who will pay the price for the Government’s failure to take strong action. The measures on their own will not tackle the obesity crisis...
