OHA NEWS & BLOG
OHA Letter to Secretary of State: Growing Up Healthy
Accompanying press release: Growing Up Healthy - Prioritising Nutrition for the Next Generation 1st May 2025 To the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, On behalf of over 40 leading health organisations, we are writing to share our deep...
Blog – Brand Advertising: The Next Policy Frontier
The UK Government recently confirmed in Parliament that pure brand advertising, i.e. that does not feature identifiable less healthy products, will be exempt from the new 9pm/online advertising restrictions. Caroline Cerny, previously Director at...
The Government’s Response to the UK House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee’s Report
The UK Government has published its response to the UK House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee's food and health report Recipe for Health: A Plan to Fix our Broken Food System. The report was published last year based on evidence from...
OHA Comment – ASA Statement on the 9pm and Online Advertising Guidance
In response to the Advertising Standard's Authority statement on its guidance for advertisers on the 9pm and on paid-for online media advertising restrictions, and subsequent call for a further consultation, the OHA has issues the following...
Empowering Communities To Promote Health: Stopping New Hot Food Takeaways From Targeting Children
The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) is supporting today’s announced reforms to the planning system to protect children’s health by preventing new hot food takeaways from opening where children learn and play, or where they may affect the health of...