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Lockdown and the impact on child obesity

WEBIn recent weeks OHA, and our colleagues at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have received several requests from journalists …

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URL: https://obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2021/02/26/lockdown-and-the-impact-on-child-obesity/

Weight stigma and discrimination: a public health priority

WEBBy Dr Stuart W. Flint, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health and Obesity, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK. @DrStuartFlint . Weight stigma refers to “the …

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Making a bad situation worse: Covid-19 and the impact on …

WEBCrucially, this data set provides the first solid evidence of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on excess weight prevalence in children in England. The data paints …

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An ‘Attack on Health’: Alliance Responds to Delay of Advertising

WEBLeading Health Organisations Outraged at ‘Attack on Health’ Delay to Junk Food Advertising Ban The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), representing health charities, …

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Healthy Early Years Diets: Achieving the Best Start in Life

WEBFeb 28, 2024. The Obesity Health Alliance has a new joint position statement (together with First Steps Nutrition Trust ), ‘ Healthy Early Years Diets: Achieving the Best Start in Life ’ …

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Junk Food Advertising Online and Children: Five Facts

WEBJunk food marketing in particular is linked with strong preference for junk food, more snacking and greater intake of junk food and lower intake of healthy food …

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Turning the Tide Strategy

WEBTurning the Tide: A 10-year Healthy Weight Strategy. Over the last 30 years levels of obesity have increased significantly across the UK. Piecemeal efforts by governments to …

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Storing Up a Crisis: Urgent Action Needed on Childhood Obesity

WEBChildhood obesity in the UK doesn’t seem to be improving according to the 2022 National Child Measurement programme. The latest results from the programme …

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Holding us back: tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food and drink

WEBJan 5, 2024. More needs to be done to tackle the unhealthy products driving nearly half a million people out of work. Our new Holding Us Back report released by a coalition of …

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OHA Response to Multi-Buy Promotions Delay

WEBJun 19, 2023. The Government has announced it will further delay the introduction of restrictions on multibuy price promotions on foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar. …

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Policy and Resources

WEB2021. Health and Care Bill: Briefing. 2021. Food Marketing and Obesity: The Evidence. 2021. Implementing the Obesity Strategy Debate. 2021. Queen’s Speech: Briefing

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Dietary and Health Inequalities

WEB•Local authorities and healthcare systems do not commission the full range of weight management services, leading to unequal access to healthcare services to treat excess …

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Turning the Tide

WEB3 Executive summary Over the last 30 years, levels of obesity have increased significantly across the UK. This rising tide has brought with it serious repercussions for health and …

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The Costs of Obesity

WEB1 The Costs of Obesity The Obesity Health Alliance is a coalition of over 40 leading charities, medical royal colleges and campaign groups working together to share their …

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Outdoor Advertising: A major loophole in food marketing …

WEBThe volume of advertising found outdoors is high, making this a major loophole in the proposed restrictions and, as well as junk food, other harmful …

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