Food Active
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Food Active is a programme of work advocating for action to promote healthier weight. Find out more & follow our work here 👉 https://t.co/RoSfZq4P5s
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We added our name to this important letter, coordinated by the The Food Foundation, to call on all Metro Mayoral candidates to support the expansion of #FreeSchoolMeals nationally, ahead of the upcoming Mayoral elections on 2nd May. More info 👇
Professor Peter Kelly, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities regional director and Dr Robin Ireland, director of research Food Active give their opening address at our Healthy Weight and Treating Obesity strategy event🗣
Two thirds of parents are worried about ensuring children are eating healthily, says new polling. Parents launch #OurChildrenOurFuture manifesto on healthy children’s food. Here's what they are calling on all political parties for:🧵
Two thirds of parents struggle to ensure their children eat healthily..🥦
Children's Food Campaign launch the new parent manifesto #OurChildrenOurFuture to call for more govt action in 5 areas that parents believe will make a big difference... find out more here 👉sustainweb.org/reports/apr24-…
✨ ICYMI our #HealthyWeightDeclaration Special Edition Bulletin ✨
✍️ Featuring updates & blogs from Milton Keynes, Public Health South Tees and Blacklow Brow Primary School in Knowsley to share their experiences & learning.
Check it out here 👉mailchi.mp/d3937fa864a9/g…
The latest #HealthyWeightDeclaration Special Edition Bulletin is now live! ✨
Featuring updates & blogs from Milton Keynes, Public Health South Tees and Blacklow Brow Primary School in Knowsley to share their experiences & learning.
Check it out here 👉 mailchi.mp/d3937fa864a9/g…
📢 New guest blog 📢
In this blog, Robin Ireland discusses the issue with sport sponsorship - covering learning from the tobacco industry to current relationships sport has with the energy drinks, food, alcohol and gambling industries.
Read the blog here 👉foodactive.org.uk/guest-blog-why…
🎉Happy birthday #SoftDrinksIndustryLevy , which has made soft drinks less sugary & raised £1.5bn for kids’ health! Proud to support the #RecipeForChange campaign calling to extend this so more of our food & drink is healthier. Check out the website: tinyurl.com/muzrwptw
THREAD 🧵Happy birthday to the #SoftDrinksIndustryLevy 🎉! On its 6th anniversary we’re looking back at the impact it’s had, starting with the incredible amounts of sugar removed. Find out more: tinyurl.com/6k9zu8jf #RecipeforChange 1/5
Our Director of Research Robin Ireland & colleagues NEW paper highlights the extent of less healthy food and drink marketing through E-Sports, with #energydrinks representing over a third of all sponsorships recorded globally. bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e0…
Energy drinks and junk food brands marketed at egamers bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e0…. New research John Long Sara Maksi Francisco Javier López Frías Dr. Travis Masterson, PhD. Sport organisers need to take a long hard look at themselves #PublicHealth Food Active Healthy Stadia Prof Amelia A Lake Prof. Emma Boyland
Fantastic to see yet another local authority implement a healthier advertising policy - meaning less healthy food and drink will no longer be promoted on council-owned advertising estate. Huge congrats to all the team at Sheffield City Council 👏👏
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ICYMI our latest guest blog for #InternationalSchoolMealsDay - Healthy Lifestyles Nutritionist Cheryl Morrison discusses her reflections and recommendations following the Food Standards Agency school food standards compliance pilot which took place in Blackpool in 2022-23. More info 👇