Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion
Henry Dimbleby is urging ministers to introduce a new tax on sugar and salt to improve the nation's...
With childhood obesity on the rise, we look at the research behind the headlines, what can be done to reverse the trend and the Government's obesity strategy.
Henry Dimbleby is urging ministers to introduce a new tax on sugar and salt to improve the nation's...
Nurseries are taking part in ‘trailblazer’ projects to improve meal quality and tackle childhood...
Seven nurseries in Nottinghamshire have been nominated to take part in a government-funded childhood...
Plans to implement a total ban on online junk food advertising have been unveiled by the Government...
Children living in deprived areas are more than twice as likely to be obese than those living in...
The Government will fail to deliver on its goal to halve childhood obesity by 2030, the UK's...
A ban on junk food ads before the 9pm watershed is one of the measures being brought in by the...
A new report by MPs says that it's time for supermarkets to 'drive the solution to the obesity...
A study into the impact of the Daily Mile has found it could be effective alongside other strategies...
Following a stark warning about obesity from the outgoing CMO, all early years settings need...
The outoing chief medical officer for England has warned that the country is nowhere near achieving...
The first global atlas on childhood obesity predicts that close to a quarter of all children and...
London’s Child Obesity Taskforce has announced its 10 ambitions to improve child health across the...
The Government has missed deadlines for four of the six policy consultations outlined in the second...
Leeds is the first city in England to have cut its rates of child obesity with the help of HENRY, an...
New research suggests that children who are exposed to air pollution from vehicles during their...
Following criticism of its obesity strategy, the Government added a second chapter earlier this year...
Close to 4 million children are in households that can’t afford enough fruit, vegetables and other...
With levels of childhood obesity in crisis, everyone must take swift action to tackle poor diets and...
Levels of severe obesity in children aged 10 to 11 years have reached the highest point since...
The expert panel who advised Ofsted on its obesity report, claim that the inspectorate has gone...
The Government has reformed its Childhood Obesity Plan to include tighter controls on junk food...
With a recent study linking obesity to insufficient sleep, Meredith Jones Russell asks how...
The Government must make sure that young children at risk of obesity are identified early to make...
The number of children in the last year of primary school severely obese is almost double that of...
An initiative in which school children walk or run a mile every day could be the answer to tackling...
There is 'a wave of interest in early language', says Jean Gross, chair of Bercow: Ten Years On.
A new map tracking the waistlines of primary school children shows in some local authority areas...
One in five children start Reception overweight or obese and over 45,000 children are admitted to...
The London Mayor Sadiq Khan has proposed a crackdown on new hot food takeaways near schools to...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has demanded the Government...
As packed lunches look set to become more common, Dr Patricia Lucas assesses their quality and...
Relegating the Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines to a footnote in the revised...
The childhood obesity plan has been served as a very lukewarm dish, says Liz Roberts
Linda Cregan, chief executive of Children's Food Trust, says the Childhood Obesity Plan is a missed...
‘Every movement counts’ is the motto of a new Department of Health campaign to encourage children...
Researchers have linked a much lower incidence of obesity in teenagers who were tucked in by 8pm...
The number of overweight young children is predicted to almost double within a decade – with...
Anne O’Connor explores the link between movement and well-being
Childcare workers are being offered a hands-on early years nutrition service following the launch of...
In the final part of this series, Mary Dickins explores the evidence showing how poverty affects...
Getting a child to eat and drink a nutritionally balanced diet can be difficult. Penny Tassoni...
Early years settings are being advised that they should not lower the dairy intake for...
Thanks to Jamie Oliver, the WHO and the NHS, we are more aware of the need to cut sugar. By Mary...
Rapid weight gain in a child’s early years could increase their heart attack and stroke risk as...
A cross-party parliamentary group has called for carers of young children to get support on...
Cameron must bring in a tax on sugary drinks now to tackle childhood obesity, says Dr Sarah...
Speculation is growing that the child obesity strategy will include a tax on sugary soft drinks as...
A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks should be brought in to help fight childhood obesity, MPs say.
The Children’s Food Trust is urging the Government to measure children more regularly to better...