OHA NEWS & BLOG
Another set of childhood obesity statistics and another bleak picture – response to National Childhood Measurement Programme data
Another set of childhood obesity statistics and another bleak picture. Year upon year, we are faced with sobering figures that reveal an increasingly worrying trend — the number of obese and overweight children in the UK is not falling and is in...
3 in 5 of England’s most deprived boys will be overweight or obese by 2020
Stark new figures from the Obesity Health Alliance, released on World Obesity Day, show a looming significant weight gap between the poorest and wealthiest primary-school aged boys living in England. Three in five (60%) of the most deprived boys...
Children aged 4 to 10 years are consuming more than double the recommended amount of sugar – our response to new diet and nutrition stats
These figures show that we all are still eating far more sugar than is good for us. We know eating too much sugar can lead to weight gain and obesity. We need to create an environment that makes it easier to make healthier choices — particularly...
Three in four don’t know obesity causes cancer – response to Cancer Research UK report
“We welcome this new report from Cancer Research UK. As well as increasing the risk of cancer, being overweight or obese also increases the risk of developing other serious health conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver disease and...
Letter in Times on 22 Aug – Experts agree obesity plan is not good enough
Dear Sir, We have been waiting over a year for the Government to publish its strategy to tackle the national emergency of childhood obesity. This should have been a far-reaching, bold strategy with the future health of children at its heart....