To mark Breastfeeding Awareness Week, we are re-launching our briefing paper ‘Efficacy of breastfeeding interventions to improve uptake in the UK’, outlining how increasing and...
Food Active's latest research has found that many UK commercial snack foods marketed for infants and toddlers fail to meet recommended Nutrient and Promotion Profile...
The Government have published its long awaited response to the consultation on restricting high-caffeine energy drinks to children under the age of 16. The ban will...
Today, the Health and Social Care Committee have published a report calling for the government to ‘stand up to the food industry’, after decades of...
On 20th May, Food Active attended the launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dietary Health at Portcullis House, attended by over 30 MPs...
The Government have announced a long-overdue update to the School Food Standards, with high-sugar and deep-fried foods to be taken off the menu in a...
We have published our latest position statement, which explores the nutrition and health claims on infant formula products and the need for stronger regulation to ensure parents...
Food Active welcomes the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s decision to introduce new restrictions on less healthy advertising across publicly owned advertising spaces. On Friday 23rd...
Today marks an important step in protecting children’s health – the less healthy advertising regulations on TV and online finally come into effect today. Food Active...
In this blog, we unpack the long journey to restricting less healthy food and drink adverts on TV and online. Whilst the finish line is...
The Government's new Child Poverty Strategy vows to directly protect children and families facing poverty and food insecurity, combining a range of both previously announced...
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, delivered her second budget this afternoon. The Food Active team tuned in to digest what implications this may have for...
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