We have published our latest position statement, which explores healthy weight and children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), highlighting the need for more...
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...
The Food Active podcast aims to explore how we can collectively promote healthy weight, by looking at the social, environmental, economic and legislative factors which...
The Government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for England, 2023/24 school year, were published yesterday, revealing that obesity in childhood is continuing at a high...
A new opportunity for VCFSE organisations across Cheshire & Merseyside to access training on the complexities associated with weight and health will be available as...
We at Food Active are proud members of the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), alongside +50 leading charities, campaign groups & medical Royal Colleges. Today, we...
We visited 6 major UK supermarkets to uncover the extent of on-pack promotions on food and drink products, and the results are in...
In our latest guest blog, we hear from Registered Nutritionist, Seóna Dunne, to discuss findings from the evaluation of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme...
Registrations for the #FoodActive2022 virtual conference are now live. This year’s timely theme aims to consider the sustained challenges presented by recovery from Covid-19, the...
Recent reports suggest the new Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering scrapping obesity policy dating back to 2018 in a bid to mitigate the impact...
Lead Director of Public Health for Food Active, Professor Matthew Ashton, and Vice President of the Association of Directors of Public Health, Greg Fell, call...
Directors of Public Health from across the North of England have signed a joint open letter to the Prime Minister following his recent U-turn on...
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