OHA NEWS & BLOG
Health leaders issue stark warning to Prime Minister: Don’t U-turn on children’s health
Leaders from the UK’s largest health charities and medical organisations have today issued a warning to the Prime Minister, urging him to not dilute new laws which could prevent thousands of children from developing overweight and obesity. Members...
Levelling Up White Paper: OHA Response
New pilot projects to help schools meet the school food standards, ensuring children have access to delicious nutritious food throughout the school day are welcome, but ultimately a very small part of what is needed to improve children’s diets and...
Making a bad situation worse: Covid-19 and the impact on childhood obesity
In November 2021, NHS Digital released new data from England’s National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP). This surveillance programme collects data on the weight and height of children in their first and last years of primary school and is...
Outdoor Advertising: A major loophole in food marketing restrictions
Guest blog by Amy Finlay, PhD student at the University of Liverpool At this time of year, it’s hard to escape food marketing. Everywhere we turn there are TV adverts, social media posts and bus shelter posters promoting a wide variety of...
Whatever happened to the updated Nutrient Profiling Model?
Faced with a conversation about the ‘nutrient profiling model’ it is likely that most people’s eyes would glaze over. Even more so if we started to explain that it is a complex algorithm based on a scoring system that weighs up the contribution of...