OHA NEWS & BLOG
Guest Blog: Sugar Intake in the UK – Policies of the Past and Future
Sugar Awareness Week takes place from 17th - 23rd November 2025. Hosted by OHA members Action on Sugar, the week highlights the health risks of consuming too much sugar and advocates for stronger nutrition policies to create a healthier food...
OHA Comment: Latest National Child Measurement Programme Data Published
NHS Digital has presented findings from the Government’s National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for England, 2024/25 school year. It includes children in Reception (aged 4-5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10-11 years) in mainstream state-maintained...
Blog: From Brand to Ban – What Young People Really Think About Energy Drinks
By Prof Amelia Lake, Dr Helen Moore and Grace Stewart Walk into any corner shop, and you’ll see them lined up in the fridge: brightly coloured cans promising energy, improved focus and even hydration. They’re everywhere online too, all over social...
Killer Tactics 2: Business as Usual
This report from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) and the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA), a follow-up to 2024’s Killer Tactics report, tells the story of how health harming industries have used their tactics to...
OHA News – Is this the turning point for junk food marketing to kids?
Today marks a major milestone for food policy: the long-awaited volume-price (multi-buy) restrictions in England on unhealthy products are coming into force, as part of the government’s 10 Year Health Plan to launch a ‘moonshot to end the obesity...