Sugar in the News 2019
December
- Nutrition Insight: Exposed Coca-Cola documents reveal attempts to influence teenage health perceptions (December 20th)
- CNN Health: Half of America will be obese within 10 years, study says (December 19th)
- The Daily Mail: Eating too much – not exercising too little – is the biggest driver of obesity in children (December 19th)
- Food Navigator: Obesity and undernutrition ‘paradox’ fuelled by poor quality food, say experts (December 16th)
- BBC News: Poorest countries facing both obesity and malnutrition (December 16th)
- IGD: How McDonald’s has helped nudge consumers to choose healthier drinks (December 10th)
- BBC News: Obesity inequality gap grows for Scottish children (December 10th)
- The Conversation: Social deprivation linked to changes in eating styles in early childhood (December 9th)
- The Telegraph: Sainsbury's puts sugary cereals on its top shelves in drive that could reduce childhood obesity (December 8th)
- Feedback: The dark truth about sugar beet(December 6th)
- Pharma Times: Over half the nation ‘at risk’ of chronic disease due to obesity (December 4th)
- Action on Sugar: Festive Hot Drinks Loaded with Sugar & Calories Reveals Lack of Progress in Achieving Sugar Reduction Targets (December 3rd)
- Food Manufcature: Social media advertising damaging obesity work (December 2nd)
November
- TES: Pupils may eat less fruit and veg under new rules (November 29th)
- Reuters: Nestle to use Nutri-Score nutrition-labelling in Europe (November 27th)
- The Guardian: Norwegians cut sugar intake to lowest level in 44 years (November 20th)
- The Independent:Dentists condemn coca-cola Christmas truck tour: 'fizzy drinks have no place in a child's diet' (November 19th)
- The Guardian: We don’t mock smokers with lung cancer, so why sneer at the obese? (November 16th)
- The Guardian: Obesity almost doubles in 20 years to affect 13 million people (November 14th)
- Action on Sugar and Action on Salt: 2019 Manifesto - Health for All (November 14th)
- INews: Food charity calls on Government to restrict fast food shops opening near schools (November 12th)
- The Telegraph: Hospital obesity cases top a million for first time, 'startling' figures show (November 9th)
- INews: Young people tell Instagram influencers to stop promoting junk food which puts children's health 'at risk' (November 7th)
- The Guardian: Poorest hit hardest by cuts to public health spending – research (November 5th)
- Public Health Engalnd: Dental caries and obesity: their relationship in children (November 4th)
- Yahoo Finance: Tooth decay is worse today than in the 17th century (November 4th)
- The Daily Mail: Greggs is blasted for tempting children into eating junk food (November 4th)
- The Telegraph: Unhealthy lifestyles fuel a 50 per cent rise in UK deaths from liver cancer (November1st)
October
- The Guardian: Doctors call on workplaces to ban sale of sugary drinks (October 28th)
- New Food Economy: Kellogg agrees to stop marketing sugary cereals as “healthy” (October 23rd)
- The Daily Mail: Half of all breakfast cereals, yoghurts and ready meals sold in Europe 'contain too much sugar, salt or fat for children' (October 23rd)
- The Telegraph:One episode of Britain's Got Talent could cause children to eat extra 50 calories, study finds (October 23rd)
- The Grocer: Is a VAT shake-up the right way to fight obesity? (October 18th)
- The Daily Mail: Obese adults who do not cut to a healthy body weight by middle age are 20% more likely to die early, study suggests (AoS comment) (October 17th)
- The Daily Mail: Forcing restaurants to put nutritional information on their menus shames them into providing healthier food, Cambridge study finds (AoS comment) (October 16th)
- The Independent: Should we be taxing biscuits? (October 15th)
- Business Insider: LIDL is selling a spoon that promises to cut your sugar consumption by 20% (October 14th)
- The Daily Mail: A quarter of starters served in Britain's top restaurant chains contain more than 600 calories (October 11th)
- The Independent: Singapore is to become the first country to ban adverts that promote drinks with a high sugar content (October 11th)
- The Daily Mail: The average life expectancy of Americans is almost FOUR YEARS shorter, and for Britons it's nearly three years (October 10th)
- The Telegraph: Obesity among 10 year-olds hits record high: find out how your area ranks (October 10th)
- Bakery and Snacks: Is it time for a sweet snack tax? ‘We should be led by the evidence’ states UK medical head (October 10th)
- Department of Health: Time to solve childhood obesity: CMO special report (October 10th)
- The Guardian: NHS boss condemns English cricket's sponsorship deal with KP Snacks (October 8th)
- The Daily Mail: 'healthy' crisps and energy bars that advertised as having 'no added sugar' actually made with up to 60% of the sweet stuff (October 5th)
- The Telegraph:The Hundred facing criticism over junk food sponsorship (October 3rd)
- The Guardian: 250 million children worldwide forecast to be obese by 2030 (October 2nd)
September
- The National: 30% of Scots children ‘not at healthy weight’, Scottish Health Survey finds (September 25th)
- The Scotsman: Obesity is not a choice, new report shows (September 23rd)
- The Daily Mail: Doctors slam broadcasting regulator Ofcom for 'being influenced' by the junk food industry (September 23rd)
- Public Health England: Sugar reduction programme: progress between 2015 and 2018 (September 20th)
- Just Drinks: The Coca-Cola Co's delicate sports sponsorship balancing act (September 19th)
- The Daily Mail: Record numbers of young adults are being diagnosed with diabetes (September 17th)
- The Sun: A CHILD’S lunchbox can contain up to 14 teaspoons of sugar, research warns (September 16th)
- The Daily Record:Cancer charity slam SNP for delaying junk food deal ban in battle against obesity (September 15th)
- Action on Sugar: NEW product survey (the first of its kind) exposes the excessive amounts of hidden sugar and calories in waffles, pancakes, pretzels and crepes when eating out (September 12th)
- The Daily Express: Hot Chocolate from high-street coffee chains have TRIPLE your daily sugar limit (September 8th)
- The Sun: ASIA-inspired restaurant chains are packing more than a day’s sugar into main meals (AoS comment) (September 8th)
- The Grocer:The Treasury has pocketed taxes raised through the soft drinks sugar levy that were supposed to support children’s health (September 6th)
- Food Navigator: Scotland to curb HFSS foods as it outlines vision to become a ‘Good Food Nation’ (AoS comment) (September 5th)
- The Daily Mail: Taxing cakes, biscuits and sweets could tackle obesity and lead to people in the UK losing 2.8lbs (1.3kg) a year, a study has claimed (AoS comment) (September 5th)
- Talking Retail: Scotland to bring in legislation to stop in-store promotions of ‘unhealthy’ food and drink (AoS comment) (September 4th)
- The Guardian: Soft drinks, including sugar-free, linked to increased risk of early death (September 3rd)
- The Scotsman: Most parents blame ‘Bogof’ deals for obesity (September 2nd)
- The Times: Slim adults risk paying the price of childhood obesity (September 2nd)
- The Daily Express: Type 2 diabetes: ‘Health’ drinks containing more sugar than doughnuts - what are they? (September 1st)
August
- Which?: Four ways sugar is fooling you (August 31st)
- The Daily Mirror: McDonald's Happy Meals see kids eating day's worth of sugar in just one serving (AoS comment) (August 25th)
- I News: Battle to ban junk food adverts before 9pm pits the health of our children against profit (August 25th)
- Glouscestershire Live: Fresh childhood obesity warning as primary school children in Gloucestershire found weighing almost 16st (August 25th)
- The Guardian: Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith to advise on hospital food (August 23rd)
- Food Standards Scotland Release: The Out of Home Environment in Scotland (June 2015 - June 2018) (August 21st)
- BBC News: Call for crackdown on junk food price deals to tackle obesity (August 20th)
- Scottish Obesity Alliance Release: First Minister: Legislate this year on HFSS multi-buy price promotions (August 18th)
- Action on Sugar Release: New Study Reveals Sugar in Some Chocolate Confectionery Products have Increased since 1992 (August 17th)
- The Conversation: Supermarkets put junk food on special twice as often as healthy food, and that’s a problem (August 15th)
- Royal College of Surgeons: Leading dental surgeons call for sugar free schools to tackle scourge of child tooth decay in England (August 15th)
- The Guardian: 'No food should be taboo': how to tackle your child's weight – without giving them a complex (August 12th)
- Natural Products News: UK Government to ban sale of energy drinks to under-16s (AoS comment) (August 12th)
- The Telegraph: Milka criticised for advert casting call demanding 'no overweight children' and 'very good teeth' (AoS comment)(August 9th)
- The BMJ: Should obesity be recognised as a disease? (August 7th)
- The Guardian: Fast-food outlets on commuter routes may fuel obesity crisis (August 7th)
- BBC News: Brexit: Food industry seeks no-deal competition waiver (August 7th)
- Action on Sugar and Action on Salt: Call for a Levy on Manufacturers to Reduce Excessive Calories in Unhealthy Food (August 7th)
- The Telegraph: Fast-food customers can be 'tricked' into choosing healthier options by switching menu order, study finds (August 5th)
- The Sun: Most parents admit they don’t have a clue what they should feed their kids (August 5th)
- The Daily Mirror: Cadbury set to slash calorie limits of chocolate bars in bid to tackle obesity (August 5th)
- BBC News: Scottish sports centres ban energy drinks for children (August 4th)
- Food Navigator: ‘Bolder actions’ required to tackle obesity: Are food taxes and subsidies the answer? (August 2nd)
- Public Health England: Saturated fats and health: SACN report (August 1st)
July
- The Daily Mail: How a supermarket SHOULD look: Public health experts release blueprint of ideal layout that would 'help tackle obesity' (July 26th)
- Food Navigator: Obesity Campaigners Fear New UK Prime Minister will Bury Obesity Proposals (AoS comment) (26th July)
- The Independent: Marks & Spencer and Tesco are serving children unhealthy and unsustainable meals, according to a nationwide analysis (24th July)
- Nutrition Insight: Industry applauds UK government move to ban under-16 energy drink sales (July 23rd)
- Action on Sugar: Response to release of the Prevention Green Paper (23rd July)
- The Daily Mirror: Starbucks, Costa and McDonald's selling iced coffees with two days worth of sugar (AoS comment) (July 20th)
- Eating Better Alliance: Better by half: A roadmap to less and better meat and dairy (July 18th)
- The Telegraph: Obesity should be classed as a disease to remove the stigma it is 'self-inflicted' medics say (July 17th)
- The Sun: Health Secretary to ban sale of energy drinks to all children under 16 — putting him on a fresh collision course with Boris Johnson (July 17th)
- The Washington Post: Latin America’s war on obesity could be a model for U.S. (July 16th)
- The Guardian: True cost of cheap food is health and climate crises, says commission (July 16th)
- WHO: WHO/Europe studies find baby foods are high in sugar and inappropriately marketed for babies (July 15th)
- The Times: Baby food crammed with sugar breaks health advice (July 14th)
- The Daily Mail: The number of under-25s with Type 2 diabetes doubles in five years amid obesity epidemic (13th July)
- British Medical Journal: Sugary drink consumption and risk of cancer (AoS comment) (July 11th)
- BBC News: Are sugary drinks causing cancer? (July 11th)
- The Morning Advertiser: ‘No one noticed’ changes made after soft drink levy (July 8th)
- The Guardian: Behold, the new nanny-free state. Cheap pop for all and no one to say it’s bad for us (July 7th)
- The Guardian: Graham MacGregor says all the evidence suggests taxing unhealthy foods helps reduce their consumption (AoS comment)(July 7th)
- Channel 4 News: Boris Johnson announces a sugar tax review – but there’s already one underway (July 4th)
- Action on Sugar: Action on Salt and Action on Sugar respond to Boris Johnson's proposed review of 'sin taxes'
(July 3rd) - Sky News: Obesity causes more cases of some cancers than smoking (July 3rd)
- The Daily Mail: 'You can't out-run a bad diet, Boris': Johnson backs down after sparking fury from health experts by declaring war on 'sin taxes' and sugar levy - saying people should just go for a jog (July 3rd)
- The Guardian: Boris Johnson’s cynical ‘sin-tax’ freeze is a glimpse of what’s to come (July 3rd)
June
- The Sun: MILK TAKE The Government is planning a ‘milkshake tax’ to tackle childhood obesity (June 28th)
- Public Health England: Commercial infant and baby food and drink: evidence review (AoS comment)(June 27th)
- BBC News: Leon restaurant co-founder Henry Dimbleby to lead food system review (June 27th)
- The Scotsman: ‘Legislation needed’ to tackle amount of sugar Scots are buying in special offers (June 25th)
- The Times: Multi-buy chocolate bars ‘fuelling obesity epidemic’ (June 25th)
- BBC News: Child obesity drive 'stalled by Brexit' (June 25th)
- Just Drinks: Heineken UK cuts sugar from cider brands, adds calorie info (AoS comment) (June 20th)
- Food Navigator: Protein-rich doughnuts, ice cream and chocolate bulk up confectionery sector (AoS comment)(June 19th)
- The Scottish Herald: Letters: The proposed deposit return could exacerbate our obesity and diabetes problems (June 17th)
- Food Manufacture: Sugar tax to ‘set precedent’ for whole industry (June 14th)
- Politics Home: Food for Thought: The pitfalls of the Childhood Obesity Plan (June 14th)
- The Evening Standard: Traffic light alerts can help us cut down sugary drinks (June 13th)
- Health Awareness UK: Weight Management campaign (June 11th)
- The Daily Mirror: Dr Miriam Stoppard: We must tackle food producers on obesity (June 10th)
- The Independent: Regular poor-quality sleep can have a negative impact on dietary choices (June 10th)
- Action on Sugar/Action on Salt release: Professor Graham MacGregor is awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for 2019 (June 10th)
- The Herald: Three quarters of Scots back pre-watershed TV junk food ad ban to curb child obesity (June 6th)
- The Scotsman: Watershed at 9pm for junk food adverts supported by Scots (June 6th)
- Obesity Action Scotland: Public Support for Restricting Junk Food Adverts (June 6th)
- Action on Sugar/Action on Salt & Children's Food Campaign Release: Call for Ban on Using Cartoon Animations on-pack to Market Unhealthy Products to Children (June 4th)
- The Guardian: Science institute that advised EU and UN 'actually industry lobby group' (June 3rd)
- The Guardian: Austerity to blame for 130,000 ‘preventable’ UK deaths – report
(June 1st) - Huffington Post: Exclusive: Free Food Vouchers Not Reaching Poor Families, Coalition Of Charities Warn (June 1st)
May
- Food Navigator: Sugar vs fat reduction in cakes and biscuits: ‘It’s not one or the other’ (June 3rd)
- BBC News: Chief medical officer considers recommending tax on unhealthy food
(May 30th) - The Telegraph: Obesity has become 'the new smoking' and will fuel weight-related cancers, head of NHS warns (May 30th)
- The Daily Mail: Ministers launch an urgent review into childhood obesity in the UK in hope of HALVING levels of overweight youngsters over the next decade (May 30th)
- BBC News: Ultra-processed food linked to early death (May 30th)
- The Daily Mail: Guzzling two large energy drinks within an hour is dangerous for the heart 'because it raises blood pressure and affects the organ's rhythm' (May 29th)
- ABC News: Energy drinks may have unintended health risks (May 29th)
- New Research: New study highlights the need to reduce fat as well as sugar in the main sources of sugar in the UK diet (28th May)
- Apple Podcasts: Food For Thought: How To Break Sugar Addiction (Featuring Dr Kawther Hashem-AoS)(May 27th)
- The Scotsman: Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and ethnic minorities ‘do less exercise’ (May 28th)
- The Telegraph: From fruit juice to honey, the truth about 'healthy' sugars (May 26th)
- The Scotsman: Scottish hospitals to ban high-energy drink sales to under-16s (May 25th)
- BBC Sounds: The Food Chain:Bitter Sweets (May 23rd)
- The Guardian: Three-quarters of food bought in UK hospitals is unhealthy, audit shows (May 22nd)
- Food Navigator: 'Don't drink fruit juice' Consumers told (AoS comment)(May 21st)
- Beverage Daily: UK Sugar Tax: Historic sales shift to sugar-free (May 21st)
- Food Active: Deliveroo dishes out junk food deals to the obese – Food Active response (May 20th)
- The Daily Mail: The so-called healthy smoothies that contain EIGHT TIMES more sugar than a Krispy Kreme doughnut (AoS comment) (May 17th)
- The Independent: Big tobacco secretly bankrolling anti-NHS think tank whose bosses donate thousands to Tory leadership contenders, an investigation reveals (AoS comment) (May 16th)
- ShareAction: ShareAction expands with new programme on food and health (AoS comment) (May 15th)
- Bloomberg: Rotting Teeth and Fatty Organs Turn Australians Sour on Sugar (May 14th)
- The Times: Deliveroo dishes up junk food deals to the obese (May 12th)
- Public Health Engalnd: Reduction and reformulation programme: Spring 2019 update (May 10th)
- The Daily Mail: Takeaways, small restaurants and greasy spoon cafes will be spared having to list calorie counts on their menus (May 10th)
- The Guardian: Obesity-related hospital admissions in England rise by 15% (May 8th)
- The Guardian: The Guardian view on the obesity crisis: ideological posturing will not help (May 6th)
- The Daily Mail: Damning proof there’s no such thing as a ‘healthy’ fizzy drink: Controversial link with cancer and how a fifth of our sugar is from drinks (AoS commnet) (May 6th)
- BMJ News Analysis: What’s behind reduced child obesity in Leeds? (May 3rd)
- I News: Childhood obesity: why Leeds offers hope that Britain might one day no longer be the ‘fat man of Europe’ (May 3rd)
- The Express: Food for thought: Diet initiative in Leeds has reversed the city's obesity problem (May 2nd)
- The Guardian: Risk of obesity can be accurately predicted in babies, study finds (May 2nd)
- The Sun: Nine in ten toddlers are consuming too much sugar, warns the new Public Health Minister (May 2nd)
- The Telegraph: 12 signs to predict if your baby will be overweight by age 10 (May 2nd)
- Action on Sugar: Consumers misled on honey and so-called healthier syrups (May 2nd)
- The Guardian: Leeds becomes first UK city to lower its childhood obesity rate (May 1st)
- The Guardian: Cutting obesity would slash number of early deaths, research finds (May 1st)
April
- University of Glasgow:Social media influencers give bad diet and fitness advice eight times out of nine (April 30th)
- The Guardian: Severely obese people in middle age 50% more likely to die early, study finds (April 29th)
- BBC News: Obesity: Study of 2.8 million shows increased disease and death risks (April 29th)
- The Grocer: Sugar concerns, CBD and the rise of the treat mentality: 10 charts explaining UK attitudes to soft drinks (April 29th)
- I News: Obese children put at risk because parents turn a blind eye to their weight problem (April 28th)
- BBC News: Obesity and depression 'hand-in-hand' in children (April 28th)
- The Daily Mail: Food giants will cause thousands of needless cases of diabetes, heart disease and bowel cancer if they fail to hit Government's sugar reduction targets, academics warn (AoS comment) (April 17th)
- Circulation: Cost-Effectiveness of the US Food and Drug Administration Added Sugar Labelling Policy for Improving Diet and Health (April 15th)
- British Baker: Four lessons from the 2019 BSB spring conference (April 15th)
- Food Manufacture: Soft drinks levy does industry a favour (April 15th)
- The Sun: Cinemas slammed for ‘fuelling obesity’ as kids consume a WEEK’s worth of sugar from a few snacks (AoS comment) (April 14th)
- Food Ingredients First: UK sugar tax one year on: Have levies played a role in accelerating health trends? (AoS comment) (April 12th)
- The Guardian: Experts warn of fatty liver disease 'epidemic' in young people (April 12th)
- The Times: Ban free desserts from children’s menus, say experts (April 8th)
- The National: How the food industry lobbies against government health bans (April 7th)
- The Times: ‘Manipulative’ health claims fuel childhood obesity (April 5th)
- BBC News:The diets cutting one in five lives short every year (April 4th)
- The Lancet: Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis forthe Global Burden of Disease Study (April 4th)
- Public Health England: Figures show increasing numbers of amputations due to diabetes (April 2nd)
- The Times: Ban sugary cereal deals to cut obesity, ministers told (April 1st)
- The Daily Mail: One new case of Type 2 diabetes every THREE MINUTES as obesity boom drives a 'frightening' increase in the disease (April 1st)
- Food Navigator: Colour coding for sugar reduction: Sri Lanka next to implement traffic light labelling system for packaged foods (April 1st)
March
- The Guardian: Supermarket special offers contribute to obesity, says report (March 27th)
- Cancer Research UK: Paying the Price Report (AoS comment) (March 27th)
- Metro: Children ‘should be weighed from the age of two to avoid childhood obesity’ (March 26th)
- The Mirror: One breakfast snack can contain a third MORE than recommended daily sugar intake (AoS comment) (March 25th)
- The Sun: Easter warning over hot cross buns that contain up to 25g of sugar — a whole day’s worth for a child (AoS comment) (March 25th)
- The Mirror: Chains selling 'dangerous' sugary snacks open more and more outlets in UK (AoS comment) (March 25th)
- The Royal Gazette (Bermuda): Chocolate bars to be hit with 75% sugar tax (March 23rd)
- Food Navigator: Food companies find government plans to ban junk food ads hard to stomach (March 19th)
- I News: Tom Watson urges McDonald’s to cancel Monopoly 2019 and calls it a ‘public health danger’ (March 17th)
- Politics Home: Junk food advertising could be banned before 9pm in bid to tackle childhood obesity (March 17th)
- Sky News: Junk food ads on social media and TV could be banned before 9pm to fight obesity (March 17th)
- Science Direct: The caries-related cost and effects of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (March 16th)
- The Daily Mail: Junk food companies target millions of children by using a loophole in advertising regulations, experts warn (March 14th)
- The Telegraph:Children face growing deluge of junk food ads online, public health experts warn (March 14th)
- World Health Organisation: New WHO study shows more action needed to monitor and limit digital marketing of unhealthy products to children (March 13th)
- Metro: Working mums are to blame for the UK’s childhood obesity epidemic, a new study has claimed (March 10th)
- BBC News: Severely obese Welsh children numbers reach 1,000, figures show (March 7th)
- The Independent: Cadbury Freddo advertisements banned for targeting children (March 6th)
- British Baker: Mr Kipling expands lower-sugar cake slices range (March 4th)
- The Telegraph: Junk food TV adverts will be banned before 9pm to tackle child obesity (March 3rd)
February
- The Daily Mail: Ban ALL junk food adverts on TV, social media, digital billboards and video games before 9pm (February 28th)
- The Telegraph: One in 10 over 40s has diabetes, amid doubling in numbers with the condition (February 26th)
- Action on Sugar: Children’s Breakfast Cereals STILL Shockingly High in Sugar (February 26th)
- The Independent: Record numbers living with diabetes in UK with 4.7 million at risk of amputations and blindness, charity warns (February 26th)
- Evening Standard: Jamie Oliver: TfL’s junk food ad ban is a leap forward for children (Febriyary 25th)
- BBC News: London transport network junk food advert ban starts (February 25th)
- The Telegraph: I was horrified to find out how much sugar is in my family's 'healthy' diet (February 22nd)
- Food Research Collaboration: Sugar reduction in post-Brexit UK: A supply-side policy agenda
(AoS comment)(February 21st) - The Times: Politics: Use Brexit to reduce sugar intake, urge experts (February 21st)
- The I Newspaper: High protein, reduced sugar Mars and Snickers bars have been created for chocolate-loving fitness enthusiasts (AoS comment) (February 21st )
- The Guardian: European health report finds Britain has highest mortality rate of countries studied (February 20th)
- The Times:Type 2 diabetes: the horrifying reality of Britain’s hidden health epidemic (February 17th)
- The Daily Mail: Man, 21, SNAPPED four of his front teeth biting into an apple after ‘guzzling six Monster Energy drinks a day’ and now needs 24 FILLINGS (February 13th)
- BBC News: Food industry warns Gove on Brexit 'crisis' (February 11th)
- The Guardian: Study links heavily processed foods to risk of earlier death (February 11th)
- The Daily Mail: Watching TV has a greater link to obesity than other sitting activities like video games (February 12th)
- BBC News: Sweets industry stands firm against sugar backlash (February 10th)
- New Food: Food labelling changes after Brexit (AoS Comment) (February 6th)
- Food Navigator: UK challenges drinking yoghurt industry to cut sugar by 20% (February 5th)
- BBC News: Obesity-related cancers rise for younger US generations, study says (February 4th)
- Food Standards Agency: Public Attitudes Tracker survey results published (February 4th)
- SALON: New emails reveal CDC employees were doing the bidding of Coca-Cola (February 1st)
January
- The Independent: Labour vows to ban ‘irresponsible’ cartoon characters on sugary cereals to tackle child obesity crisis (January 30th)
- The Guardian: Take on food industry to beat malnutrition and obesity, says report (January 27th)
- The Daily Express: Drinks packed with sugar leave vegans feeling bitter (AoS comment) (January 27th)
- The Sun: Costa Coffee under fire for packing vegan drinks with EIGHT teaspoons of sugar (AoS comment) (January 27th)
- The Guardian: Consumers urged to give up sugary drinks for Fizz Free February (25th January)
- Public Health England: National Diet and Nutrition Survey: time trend and income analyses for Years 1 to 9 (23rd January)
- BBC News: How diet is changing - the good and the bad (January 23rd)
- The Daily Mail: Are children finally turning down sugary drinks? Official data reveals number of youngsters consuming them has dropped by a THIRD in nearly a decade (AoS comment) (January 23rd)
- The Times: Pupils will count sugar cubes in maths to cut obesity (January 21st)
- The Daily Mail: Takeaway customers ordering with Deliveroo will see meal calories in a drive to encourage healthier eating (January 19th)
- Metro: Obesity is a disease and it is time the government dealt with its real causes (january 19th)
- The Sun: Bitter Cabinet row may force Government to scrap plans for calorie counts on all menus (January 17th)
- Talking Retail: Welsh government’s obesity plan targets energy drinks (January 17th)
- The Guardian: New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists (January 16th)
- The New York Post: Junk food ads overwhelmingly target black, Hispanic kids (January 15th)
- CBS News: New school lunch rules could mean more salt, sugar and fat in children's diets (January 14th)
- Food Navigator: UK launches consultation on restricting junk food promotions (AoS comment) (January 14th)
- The Guardian: Nutritionists launch portion size guide to tackle overeating (January 14th)
- The Daily Mail: Supermarkets face ban on sweet-filled 'guilt aisles' in an attempt to help parents resist their children's 'pester-power' (Janaury 12th)
- UK Government: Childhood obesity plan: interactions between modelled policies (January 12th)
- UK Government: Restricting promotions of food linked to childhood obesity: public asked views (January 12th)
- The Independent: Junk food 'two-for-one' deals targeted in fight against obesity (January 12th)
- The Guardian: How to get your daily 30g of fibre (January 11th)
- BBC News: The lifesaving food 90% aren’t eating enough of (January 11th)
- The Guardian: Coca-Cola influences China’s obesity policy, BMJ report says (January 10th)
- The Daily Express: Labour BOMBSHELL: Party vow to slap sugar tax on milkshakes (January 7th)
- The Times: NHS Facebook blitz to target smokers, drinkers and the obese (January 6th)
- Sky News: Anti-smoking strategies could be used to cut obesity, says senior researcher (January 4th)
- The Guardian: Stop adding sugar to our babies' food (January 3rd)
- Sky News: Call for obesity to be reclassified as a disease (January 3rd)
- The Daily Mail: Revealed: British children consume 22 stones of sugar before the age of 10 (AoS comment) (January 2nd)
- Public Health England: 2019 Change4Life Nutrition Campaign (January 2nd)