OHA NEWS & BLOG
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...
Less Healthy Advertising Legislation To Address Child Health
Restricting advertisements for unhealthy food and drink is an essential step towards a healthier food environment, writes Katharine Jenner in the British Medical Journal 11th December 2024 (3 December 2024) The Obesity Health Alliance welcomes the...
The OHA Welcomes the House of Lords Report: Recipe for Health
The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee was appointed by the House of Lords on 24 January 2024 to consider the role of foods, such as ‘ultra-processed foods’, and foods high in fat, salt and sugar, in a healthy diet and tackling obesity. Following...
Blog: Will Weight Loss Drugs Be The ‘Silver Bullet For Obesity’ They Are Made Out To Be?
The Government announcement this week of an investment from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly to increase access to new weight loss medication has added further speculation as to what the future holds for treating overweight and obesity in this...
New Position Statement: A Way Forward for the Treatment of Obesity
For the launch of the Obesity Health Alliance's "Treatment of Overweight and Obesity Position Statement & Evidence Review", over 200 NHS healthcare professionals have written to the Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting MP. The OHA...