OHA NEWS & BLOG
Lazing, Gazing and Grazing – time for the ad industry to have a health check
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...
Pervasive and Inescapable: Parents’ and Children’s Views of Online Advertising of Unhealthy Food and Drink to Children
Dr Lauren Elsie White, SPECTRUM Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh In response to emerging evidence of a link between experiencing serious health consequences of contracting Covid-19 and obesity (Sattar et al., 2020) and the Prime Minister’s...
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Five years of the Obesity Health Alliance
By Helen Dickens, Assistant Director of Policy and Campaigns, Diabetes UK and member of the OHA Steering Group On 9 July 2015, I was invited to attend a workshop set up by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Bringing together 19 charities, royal...
Why Exercise is Fair Game for Junk Food Brands
By Daniel Hunt, Freelance Consultant in Public Health Policy Given the sheer volume of junk food marketing and promotions we see associated with sport, it’s easy to forget that this type of food is fundamentally unhealthy. For example, at their...
Why exercise is important, but nutrition is even better: sure-fire ways to help our health
By Daniel Hunt, Freelance Consultant in Public Health Policy As the COVID-19 pandemic has starkly reminded us, the basic functioning of the economy, and the building blocks of a fair society depend on good health. Many people have been put at...