OHA NEWS & BLOG
Children’s exposure to harmful advertising is a problem: OHA response to ASA report
What these new figures in fact reveal is that children’s media habits have changed, with time increasingly spent not just in front of the TV but online. And where the audiences go, so do the advertisers. However, exposure to harmful advertising on...
The Savvy State: Government’s role in addressing our obesogenic environment
By Becca Stacey, Policy and Communications Assistant at Obesity Health Alliance We’ve all queued in a supermarket waiting to pay, and been tempted by one of the sugary products purposefully placed before us, which prior to entering the supermarket...
OHA statement on Coco Pops Granola advert ruling reversal: “When food companies fight rulings, children’s health will pay the price”
In August 2018 ASA upheld a complaint from the Obesity Health Alliance about an advert for Coco Pops Granola shown on children’s TV. While Coco Pops Granola is not a high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) product and not subject to advertising...
Out of Place – how unhealthy supermarket promotions are bad for our wallets and our waistlines
By Becca Stacey, Policy and Communications Assistant at Obesity Health Alliance We all know how easy it is to pop into the supermarket with the intention of picking up a pint of milk, but come out with a bulging bag of unplanned purchases. There is...
Press release: “Check it out!” – Families bombarded with ‘supermarket sweep’ of sugary promotions during their weekly shop
Restrictions on the placement of unhealthy food and drinks in prominent locations of supermarkets urgently needed, say health campaigners New analysis by the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) reveals that families are bombarded by promotions for sugary...