OHA NEWS & BLOG
An ‘Attack on Health’: Alliance Responds to Delay of Advertising Restrictions to 2025
The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), representing health charities, medical organisations, health professionals and thousands of patients, is outraged that the Prime Minister is abandoning children’s health by delaying the Government’s 9pm watershed ban on TV and online junk food advertising, until October 2025.
OHA Response to Government Plans to Scrap Obesity Strategy
Over 70 health charities leaders, medical organisations and health professionals (including the British Medical Association, British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK) have signed and sent an open letter to the Prime Minister expressing their...
A shocking u-turn on health: Our response to Government delaying restrictions on unhealthy promotions and advertising
This is a shocking U-turn by the Government that will have severe ramifications for children’s health and fatally undermine any further efforts to address health disparities. Right now child obesity is at a devastating all-time high, and research...
Response to reports of a delay to new HFSS promotion restrictions
“We are very concerned by these reports and urge the Government to stick to its plans to bring in restrictions on promotions of junk food in October. Research is crystal clear that multi-buy promotions are a false economy that do not save us money....
Team news
After six years leading the Obesity Health Alliance, Caroline Cerny will be leaving OHA in June. As Alliance Lead, Caroline has been responsible for building the coalition from an informal group of organisations interested in collaborating, to a...