OHA NEWS & BLOG
More than seven in 10 millennials are set to be overweight or obese between the ages of 35-44: Our response to Cancer Research UK analysis
Cancer is one of several diseases that having obesity increases the risk of. Reducing obesity will not be achieved by expecting people to just eat more healthily, particularly when our environment constantly promotes junk food and over size...
Blog: Now is the time to go further to protect children from junk food adverts
The issue of junk food marketing to children is rightly receiving lots of media and political attention at the moment. A recent report from the Obesity Health Alliance found children can be exposed to nine junk food adverts during a 30 minute TV...
Statement: Latest Millennium Cohort Study finds one in five young people obese at age 14
These statistics provide yet more evidence of the childhood obesity crisis that is threatening the future health of generations of children. To reduce levels of obesity we need to make it easier for families to make healthier choices starting with...
Statement: OECD data shows the UK has the highest obesity rate in Europe
“It is both shocking and sobering that there are 92% more obese adults in the UK now than in the 1990s – and that the UK has the fifth highest obesity rate amongst OECD countries and the highest in Western Europe. “The answer lies in tackling the...
Scotland’s New Obesity and Diet Strategy
“The Scottish Government has put forward a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of proposals which recognise that by removing the forces pushing families towards junk food, we can make healthy lifestyles easier. Taking action on special offers on...