December

• Action on Sugar Comment: Promotions on food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) in retailers will be restricted from April 2022 (December 28th)
• The Sun: From Costa to Starbucks – festive coffees contain as much sugar as seven doughnuts (AoS comment) (December 21st)
• Science Focus: Online junk food advertising: Could banning it tackle obesity? (December 14th)
• Social Market Foundation: Obesity and coronavirus – where next for policy? (December 13th)
• The Guardian: Boris Johnson’s drive to cut obesity rates ‘largely ineffective’ (December 12th)
• Public Health England: NDNS results from years 9 to 11 (2016 to 2017 and 2018 to 2019) (AoS comment) (December 11th)
• Beverage Daily: Could warning labels on soda reduce consumption? (December 8th)
• Better Food Journey: BLOG: Food affordability: the danger of the single story (December 8th)
• The Telegraph: More years of obesity associated with higher risk of disease, study finds (December 8th)
• In Your Area: Council spending on child obesity is falling - see how big the problem is with your postcode (December 5th)

November

• BBC News: Covid: Poor public health made pandemic worse - Sally Davies (November 30th)
• The Grocer: Shoppers favour front-of-pack traffic lights over Nutri-Score claims Which? (AoS comment) (November 25th)
• Public Health England: Commercial baby food and drink guidelines consultation (AoS comment) (November 24th)
• The Food Foundation: Plating Up Progress 2020: Pathways for A Healthy, Just and Sustainable Food System During A Global Pandemic (November 20th)
• Global Health Advocacy Incubator: Facing Two Pandemics: How Big Food Undermined Public Health in the Era of COVID-19 (November 17th)
• Food Active: Guest Blog: A spotlight on calories and sugar this Alcohol Awareness Week (November 16th)
• The Times: Dame Sally Davies: obesity scourge led to 50,000 Covid death toll (November 15th)
• Confectionery News: UK set to ban online adverts promoting food high in fat, sugar and salt (AoS comment) (November 11th)
• Plos Medicine: Anticipatory changes in British household purchases of soft drinks associated with the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy: A controlled interrupted time series analysis (November 12th)
• The Guardian: UK to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity (November 10th)
• Dental Review: Response to Government Consultation on HFSS (AoS comment)(November 10th)
• UK Government Release: New public consultation on total ban of online advertising for unhealthy foods (November 10th)
• Policy Exchange: Saving a lost decade - How a new deal for public health can help build a healthier nation (November 10th)
• Evening Standard: Coca-Cola Christmas truck tour cancelled for first time in a decade (November 9th)
• The Grocer: A new sugar tax? The Dairymen drinks category report 2020 (AoS comment) (November 5th)
• The Daily Mail: UK teenage girls are the most overweight in Europe, a study highlighting soaring childhood obesity shows (November 5th)
• Huff Post: Charities And Unions Urge Gavin Williamson To Fund Free School Meals Over Christmas (November 5th)

October

• National Child Measurement Programme: National Child Measurement Programme, England 2019/20 School Year (October 29th)
• Springer Link: Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of obesity: a prospective cohort study of UK Biobank (October 18th)
• The Guardian: Quarter of a million sign Marcus Rashford's free school meals petition (October 17th)
• Sky News: Marcus Rashford 'won't accept any less' as school meals petition races past 200,000 names (October 16th)
• The Telegrpah: Obesity 'fuelling' Covid-19 deaths in Britain and globally, Lancet disease study finds (October 15th)
• The Scotsman: Heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lung disease and diabetes cause two thirds of all deaths in Scotland (October 15th)
• The Sun: Covid-19 deaths fuelled by ‘perfect storm’ of obesity and social inequality, major study finds (October 15th)
• Food Navigator USA: Steaz hit with lawsuit over ‘lightly sweetened’ claims on beverages featuring 20g added sugar (October 12th)
• Confectionary News: Confectionery in UK government’s firing line as only 3% sugar cut out from food products in three years, PHE finds (October 12th)
• Action on Sugar and Action on Salt: Action on Salt and Sugar October Newsletter (October 12th)
• Express and Star: Government’s voluntary sugar reduction plan heading for failure (AoS comment) (October 7th)
• Public Health England: Sugar reduction: report on progress between 2015 and 2019 (October 7th)
• The Guardian: Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules (October 1st)

September

• Open Access Government: Defining ‘healthy’ food advertising ahead of the 9pm watershed (AoS comment) (September 29th)
• The New Yorker: The Race to Redesign Sugar (September 21st)
• The Grocer: Children’s cereals getting less sugary, report finds (September 21st)
• Action on Sugar and Action on Salt Release: Breakfast cereals with packaging that may appeal to children (September 21st)
• The Food Foundation: The Broken Plate Report (September 21st)
• Action on Sugar Release: Experts Call for Honest Labelling on So-Called ‘Healthy’ Fruit Snacks Loaded with Sugars and Misleading Claims (September 16th)
• The Grocer: Confectionery cops a curveball: sugar category report 2020 (AoS Comment) (September 11th)
• NCD Alliance and Spectrum Research Consortium Report: Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm (September 10th)
• The Telegraph: Government 'urged to act with greater urgency' after report reveals the war on sugar is failing  (September 9th)
• The Guardian: England will miss 2030 target to halve childhood obesity, says report (September 9th)
• National Audit Office Report: Childhood Obesity (September 9th)
• BBC News: Child obesity action 'risks losing its way' (September 9th)
• The Times: Losing weight: Why wine is so bad for your diet (AoS Comment) (September 8th)
• The Times: Curries and pizzas may shrink under calorie-reduction goals to tackle obesity (AoS Comment) (September 8th)
• Action on Sugar Comment: Public Health England publish new calorie reduction targets (September 7th)
• Wales Online: Iceland to give away free frozen vegetables (September 4th)
• Dorset Echo: Government launches national diet strategy (AoS Comment) (September 3rd)
• Action on Smoking and Health: Joint statement to the Government of Public Health England reorganisation (September 2nd)
• The Guardian: Health leaders warn Boris Johnson over axing of Public Health England (September 2nd)
• The Telegraph: Britons more likely to 'fat-shame' obese people than Americans (September 2nd)
• BBC News: Shake diet offered on NHS to fight type 2 diabetes (September 1st)
• The Guardian: Marcus Rashford takes aim at child food poverty with new taskforce (September 1st)

August

• IPPR: Report on Childhood Health (August 27th)
• Alcohol Health Alliance & Alcohol Focus Scotland Release: Drinking in the dark: How alcohol labelling fails consumers (August 26th)
• The Daily Mail: One child under five is admitted to hospital because of obesity every week, shocking NHS figures show (AoS comment) (August 23rd)
• The Mirror: Shocking toll of sugary drinks on kids' teeth revealed by extraction figures (August 22nd)
• The Telegraph: Parents 'tricked' into buying sugary children's snacks promoted as healthy, campaigners claim (AoS comment) (August 22nd)
• Mediatel: Jan Gooding: To ban or not to ban? (August 19th)
• Action on Sugar Comment: Closure of Public Health England (August 18th)
• The Grocer: What will be the impact of the HFSS clampdown? (AoS comment) (August 14th)
• The Guardian: UK's poorest 'skip meals and go hungry' during coronavirus crisis (August 14th)
• Food Manufacture: Sector pressed on obesity and healthy eating cost (August 10th)
• The Guardian: Poverty causes obesity. Low-income families need to be better off to eat well (August 9th)
• The Independent: Coronavirus: Obese people may be told to stay home if second wave hits (August 9th)
• INewspaper: ‘Nanny state’ criticisms of the obesity strategy are as misguided as climate change deniers and anti-vaxxers (August 6th)
• The Guardian: Mexico state bans sale of sugary drinks and junk food to children (August 6th)

July

• The Guardian: Percy Pig packaging 'wilfully misleading', says obesity campaign (July 29th)
• The Guardian: Huge growth in free school meals urged to tackle food poverty crisis (July 29th)
• BBC News: Unhealthy diets are ‘slow-motion disaster’ (July 29th)
• National Food Strategy: Part 1 of National Food Strategy (July 29th)
• Retail Gazette: Are grocers doing enough to combat obesity? (AoS comment) (July 28th)
• Beverage Daily: UK government to launch consultation on alcohol calorie labelling (July 27th)
• Huff Post: Firms Could Slash Sugar And Salt From Products To Keep 'BOGOF' Discounts, Health Minister Says (July 27th)
• The Telegraph: Sugar taxes not ruled out as government says 'further action' will be taken if no results seen (July 27th)
• UK Government Release: New Obesity Strategy unveiled as country urged to lose weight to beat COVID-19 and protect the NHS (July 27th)
• The Evening Standard: UK 'to ban junk food advertising online and on TV before 9pm' (AoS comment) (July 24th)
• The Times: Ad boss Sir John Hegarty calls for 9pm junk-food watershed (July 23rd)
• The Independent: I’m worried about Boris Johnson’s plan to tackle obesity – the government cannot abandon its responsibility to the public (July 23rd)
• The Daily Mail: McDonald's has announced it will reopen around 700 dine-in restaurants across the UK (AoS comment)(July 21st)
• The Telegraph: Boris Johnson could solve Britain’s obesity crisis - but not without restricting sugar consumption (July 20th)
• The Telegraph: Weight loss surgery drive to tackle obesity (July 19th)
• The Guardian: The Observer view on the UK's shocking obesity levels (July 19th)
• The Independent: Tory-voting ‘red wall’ areas have most to lose from a flawed obesity strategy, analysis reveals (July 19th)
• The Telegraph: Savoury baby foods are increasingly sugary as number of 'snacks' for infants grows (July 17th)
• INewspaper: Cadbury owner Mondelez accused of shrinkflation over smaller multi-pack chocolate bars (AoS comment) (July 17th)
• Food Navigator: Pester power: ‘Peppa Pig, Disney, and Star Wars have no place on unhealthy food and drink’ (July 17th)
• Action on Sugar and Action on Salt Release: Keeping Score as Leading Experts Evaluate Progress of the Obesity Prevention Plans and Urge the Government to Ban Junk Food Ads Before 9pm (July 15th)
• Daily Mail: Rishi deals another blow to Boris' get-fit plan for Britain: Fast-food fans can buy a KFC bucket meal for just £5 (AoS comment)(July 14th)
• Confectionery News: UK supermarkets under pressure to cease impulse purchases of chocolate and sweets (July 13th)
• The Independent: Boris Johnson moves to ban junk food discount deals to fight obesity (AoS comment) (July 11th)
• Marketing Week: Junk food promotions to be banned in healthy eating drive (AoS comment) (July 10th)
• Brinkwire: ‘A green light for junk food’: Obesity campaigners blast Eat Out to Help Out scheme (AoS comment) (July 13th)
• Daily Mail: Rishi's junk food subsidy: Obesity campaigners blast Sunak's 'Eat Out' scheme launched on SAME day government told Britons to lose weight or risk Covid this winter... as Burger King cuts price of Whoppers in HALF (AoS comment) (July 9th)
• UK Government: Chancellor gives diners 50% off on eating out (July 8th)
• The Scotsman: UK food industry is ‘barrier to healthy eating’ (July 6th)
• The Grocer: Government urged to clamp down on unhealthy foods by new report (July 6th)
• Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment: Hungry for change: fixing the failures in food (July 6th)
• Newsletter: Action on Sugar and Salt July 2020 Newsletter (July 3rd) 
• Food Manufacture: Mondelēz shrinks Cadbury confectionery but obesity charity favours reformulation (July 1st)

June

• The Times: Boris Johnson urged to curb TV junk food ads in fight against obesity (June 29th)
• The Times: Britain’s childhood obesity crisis made worse by lockdown (June 28th)
• Food Navigator: ‘Health is emerging as a key investment risk’: Investors urge Tesco to adopt targets promoting healthy food (June 26th)
• Food Manufacturer: Boredom sparks decline in healthy eating (June 22nd)
• The Daily Express: Britons are now officially FATTER than pigs after huge increase in average weight (AoS comment) (June 22nd)
• Circulation, AHA Journal: Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Volume, Tiered, and Absolute Sugar Content SugarSweetened Beverage Tax Policies in the United States: A Microsimulation Study (June 22nd)
• The Guardian: Government attacked for ignoring expert advice on nutrition in food parcels (June 21st)
• Confectionery News: UK convenience retail market to grow 8% in 2020, says new report  (June 18th)
• Food Navigator: Sugar reformulation: How are big brands innovating to cut the sweet stuff? (June 17th)
• The Daily Mail: Child health experts warn of devastating long-term effects on pupils (June 14th)
• Food Navigator: Unilever eyes potential in wellness: ‘We are uniquely positioned to lead purposefully in the space of holistic health and immunity’ (June 12th)
• Food Navigator Podcast: The FoodNavigator Podcast: Sugar reformulation part 1: Why reducing by stealth is key (AoS comment) (June 12th)
• The Scotsman: Bill to curb junk food promotions scrapped by government amid fears for food industry (June 11th)
• Action on Sugar Release: Food Industry Must Share Blame for Both the Obesity Pandemic AND Severity of COVID-19 Disease – according to an Editorial published in the BMJ (June 10th)
• The Sun: Starbucks’ Ruby Flamingo Frappuccino contains nearly 14 teaspoons of sugar — twice an adult’s daily allowance (AoS comment) (June 9th)
• Food Navigator: Coronavirus lockdown found to worsen childhood obesity: 'The excess weight gained may not be easily reversible' (June 5th)
• BBC News: Coronavirus: Court action threatened over school meal vouchers (June 5th)
• Nutrition Insight:COVID-19 and obesity: Nutrition community responds to PHE review (AoS comment) (June 4th)
• New Statesman: Childhood obesity is rising – and the link to inequality is clearer than ever (June 4th)
• Circulation, Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes: Health and Economic Impacts of the National Menu Calorie Labeling Law in the United States (June 4th)
• The Mirror: Government confirms free school meals scheme won't continue over summer holiday (June 4th)
• Open Access Government: Reducing obesity and improving health during the COVID-19 pandemic (AoS comment) (June 4th)
• Public Health England: National child measurement programme (NCMP): trends in child BMI (Aos comment) (June 4th)
• Daily Mail: Obese children hospitalized with coronavirus are THREE TIMES more likely to need ventilators, study finds (June 3rd)
• Food Manufacture: Coronavirus: Obesity link reignites calls for access to healthy foods (AoS comment) (June 3rd)
• The Guardian: Obesity and coronavirus: how can a higher BMI increase your risk? (June 3rd)
• The Grocer: Campaign groups renew calls for clampdown on marketing of unhealthy food and drink (AoS comment) (June 3rd)
• Confectionary Production: Campaigners present UK government with plans tackling obesity amid coronavirus pandemic (AoS comment) (June 2nd)
• BBC News: Coronavirus: Tackling obesity 'must be part of recovery plan' (June 2nd)
• Public Health England: COVID-19: review of disparities in risks and outcomes (June 2nd)
• Confectionery News: Kerry launches ‘TasteSense Sweet Suitable for Organic’ in preparation for EU regulations (June 1st)
• Confectionery News: Nestlé’s confectionery ‘essentials’ now available through Deliveroo in UK (June 1st)
• The Telegraph: Is NHS-funded weight loss surgery really a 'quick fix' for coronavirus? (June 1st)

May

• Daily Mail: Dear Boris... Opening the floodgates to food that would be illegal here betrays our farmers and our children: JAMIE OLIVER joins Mail on Sunday's campaign to save our family farms with a passionate open letter to PM (May 30th)
• Action on Salt & Action on Sugar Release: Experts Call for Immediate Government Intervention on Obesity to Help Prevent Further Deaths from COVID-19  (May 29th)
• Metro: Over 100 doctors call for tax on junk food to handle obesity epidemic (May 27th)
• Food Service Footprint: WHAT’S ON HOLD DUE TO COVID-19? (May 25th)
• The Times: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: now is the PM’s best chance to crack down on junk food (May 24th)
• Action on Sugar/Action on Salt & Children's Food Campaign Release: Junk Food Brand Drops Advertising to Kids During Lockdown to Avoid Formal Regulatory Investigation (May 21st)
• PLOS Medicine: Sugary drink warnings: A meta-analysis of experimental studies (May 20th)
• The Express: Junk food tax will help the Prime Minister's new 'war on fat' (May 17th)
• The Express: Boris Johnson to launch anti-obesity drive after coronavirus scare (May 16th)
• The Times: Boris Johnson to launch war on fat after coronavirus scare (May 15th)
• Food Navigator: ‘School is a really good place to tackle childhood obesity’: Study measures impact of free school meals on obesity rates (May 15th)
• The Grocer: Letters: There’s a pandemic on, let’s cut out the unhealthy food and drink ads (AoS comment) (May 15th)
• Food Navigator: Campaigners call for junk food and drink advertising ban as British PM hints at interventionism to tackle obesity (AoS comment) (May 15th)
• New Food Magazine: Action on Sugar and Action on Salt call for unhealthy advertising ban during lockdown (AoS comment)(May 14^th)
• Food Navigator: Beyond sugar and salt reformulation: The case for ‘positive nutrition’ targets to help curb obesity (May 13th)
• Global Nutrition Report: 2020 Global Nutrition Report (AoS comment) (May 12th)
• Campaign: Health campaign groups call for halt on 'unhealthy' ads until end of lockdown (AoS comment)(May 7th)
• Dentistry: Action on Sugar says UK’s oral health likely to worsen following COVID-19 (AoS comment) (May 7th)
• Confectionary Production: Industry stalling on Public Health England targets for confectionery sugar reduction (AoS comment) (May 6th)

April

• New Food: Sugar reformulation: sweet but not so simple (April 29th)
• The Times: Stirling University team leads call for greater clarity on 'confusing' junk food adverts (April 19th)
• The Guardian: Millions in UK having to choose between paying rent and eating, poll suggests (April 13th)

March

• The Guardian: Diet, health, inequality: why Britain's food supply system doesn't work (March 22nd)
• The House: Supermarkets can be our allies in tackling the childhood obesity timebomb (March 20th)
• Packaging Gateway: Pester power: protecting children from junk food marketing (March 11th)
• New Food: Protecting consumers with front of pack labelling-Mhairi Brown, Action on Sugar (March 6th)
• The Guardian: Free school dinners ‘led to fall in childhood obesity rates’ (March 8th)
• The Express: Study reveals the shocking amount of sugar the average child will consume in a year (March 4th)
• The Guardian: UK in danger of failing a generation, says child health study (March 4th)
• Share Action: Spotlight on supermarkets: The role of retailers in tackling childhood obesity (March 4th)
• The Guardian: UK in danger of failing a generation, says child health study (March 4th)
• Daily Mail: Calling overweight people fat or lazy must stop (March 3rd)
• Good Food (AU):Junk on demand: Food delivery giants bring salt and sugar within arms' reach (March 1st)

February

• ABC News: Teens 'especially vulnerable' to junk food advertising, experts say (February 28th)
• Bakery & Snacks: Sugar in the spotlight: The tax and the new Nutrition Facts label  (AoS comment) (February 27th)
• Daily Mail: KitKat launches a HEALTHY version of its iconic chocolate bar (February 25th)
• Food Standards Agency: Biannualy Attitude Tracker (February 25th)
• The Guardian: Two million in UK at risk of type 2 diabetes as obesity crisis grows (February 24th)
• The Independent: National Trust pulls Cadbury Easter egg hunt (February 22nd)
• Food Navigator: Junk food advertising: WHO calls for legally binding treaty to end ‘predatory commercial practices’ (AoS comment) (February 21st)
• The Sun: Politicians call for supermarkets to put sweets on top shelf to tackle childhood obesity (February 20th)
• INews: Eating a big breakfast can help overcome obesity and high blood sugar levels (February 19th)
• The Lancet: A future for the world’s children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission (AoS comment) (February 19th)
• Seattle Times: Sweetened-beverage sales in Seattle dropped 30% after soda tax (February 18th)
• Talking Retail: Sugar levels in UK soft drinks lowered, research finds (AoS comment) (February 12th)
• BBC News: Food giant to stop advertising ice cream to children (February 12th)
• The Guardian: Chile's drastic anti-obesity measures cut sugary drink sales by 23% (February 11th)
• PLOS Medical: Sugar levels in UK soft drinks lowered following government levy (February 11th)
• ITV News: Extra £5.5m funding announced to tackle obesity in Wales (February 6th)

January

• BBC News: Jeremy Hunt wins health role in select committee ballot (January 29th)
• Food Navigator: Israel: ‘New opportunities’ for reformulation as gov’t imposes HFSS warnings front-of-pack (January 27th)
• The Sun: Plant-based foods can pack MORE sugar and salt than meaty originals (January 26th)
• The Guardian: Teenagers campaign for 'traffic light' labels on food packaging (January 25th)
• The Grocer: Cull of the cartoons: cereals category report 2020 (Janaury 24th)
• Mail Online: Campaigners call for junk food ads to be BANNED before 9pm (January 23rd)
• Wired: The UK's war on sugar has stalled (January 22nd)
• The Times: No snack logos on children’s jerseys for the Hundred (January 22nd)
• Action on Sugar: Call for ‘Ready to Drink’ Alcoholic Beverages to be Reduced in Sugar and Calories to Help Curb the Obesity Epidemic (January 21st)
• Huff Post: The Truth Behind Honey's 'Health Halo' – Plus 6 Other Sugar Myths Busted (with comment from our Campaign Director Katharine Jenner) (January 20th)
• I News: Sugar tax drives sharp decrease in sweetness of soft drinks as charities call for milkshakes to be included (January 13th)
• The Daily Mail: Trendy vegan yoghurts and desserts can contain MORE sugar than dairy ones (January 9th)
• The Telegraph: FA set for showdown with government over betting firms and FA Cup streaming deal (January 8th)
• Metro: Asda is removing cartoon characters from cereals to tackle childhood obesity (AoS comment) (January 7th)
• The Mirror: Asda follows Lidl in scrapping cartoons on cereal boxes in fight against obesity (AoS comment) (7th January)
• I News: Planning rules 'fuel obesity' by favouring fast food over gyms, NHS chief warns (January 5th)
• Action on Sugar: Lidl to remove cartoon characters from cereal boxes (January 3rd)
• Mail Online: Child obesity levels have DOUBLED in a decade (January 2nd)
• New Food: The success of the soft drinks sugar tax? (AoS comment) (January 2nd)