Over the weekend, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed that legislation to restrict less healthy food and drink buy-one-get-one-free deals is set to be delayed a...
Over the weekend, Labour announced a series of pledges that put prevention and children’s health at the heart of their manifesto for the upcoming general...
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...
Last week the Government announced they would be delaying the 9pm ban on TV & online junk food marketing until October 2025. Our Programme Lead...
In our latest guest blog, we hear from PhD student Amy Finlay, who discusses the findings from her scoping review of outdoor food marketing found...
We visited 6 major UK supermarkets to uncover the extent of on-pack promotions on food and drink products, and the results are in...
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...
Matthew Philpott, Executive Director, Health Equalities Group said: Today marks a very sad day for public health and the UK’s relationship with overweight and obesity, as...
Kellogg’s, the owner of brands from Coco Pops to Special K, has today launched a legal action against the UK government over new junk food...
Today the Advertising Standards Authority have ruled that The English & Welsh Cricket Board & KP Snacks broke rules designed to protect children from advertising...
In the last few days there have been reports circulating that Boris Johnson “has not yet made up his mind” on whether to proceed with...
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