This month's highlights...
Healthy Weight Declaration Webinar: Register for your place now!
Response to #JunkFoodAds and Calorie Labelling proposals
New Vitamin D KS3 Resource now available
Blog from the Archive: Walk to School Week
Roundup of the latest news, resources, events and much more!
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Webinar: Healthy Weight Declaration, Supporting Covid Recovery and Reducing Inequalities
As we move into the recovery phase of the pandemic, the need to create local environments that are conducive to healthy weight is more important than ever. Our latest webinar will consider how the Local Authority Declaration on Healthy Weight can be reinvigorated as a tool for Covid-19 recovery, addressing the national and local context in terms of inequalities through a series of presentations and discussions.
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Hoorah! The Government confirms a total online ban on #JunkFoodAds in the Queen's Speech
This month brought the long awaited news that the Government will be going ahead with plans to restrict less healthy food and drink advertising online! The plans were confirmed in the Queen's Speech as part of the Health and Social Care Bill, which will operate alongside a 9pm watershed on TV. |
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New Food Active Resource: Vitamin D Key Stage 3 Lesson Plan
We are pleased to be sharing our latest school-based resource, 'Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin'. The lesson plan is designed for Key Stage 3 aged children (ages 11-14) and aims to raise awareness of the importance of Vitamin D for children and young people; what it is, where it is found and how we can make sure we get enough of it!
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Calorie labelling legislation confirmed by Government
Earlier this month regulations were laid out in parliament that will require large businesses with 250 or more employees in England, including cafes, restaurants and takeaways, to display the calorie information of non-prepacked food and soft drink items that are prepared for customers. The plans have been in the pipelines for a number of years, with the initial consultation dating back to Dec'18.
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Preventing child obesity requires shift in focus
A recent analysis found that most interventions to prevent child obesity focus on improving diet and/or take part in more physical activity, despite the evidence that points to wider determinants. We believe the most important drivers of obesity lie beyond the individual’s control, and therefore we need to start looking at population-level policies rather than placing the responsibility of reducing obesity at the door of the individual.
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Record number of obesity-related hospital admissions
New figures have revealed there were more than a million hospital admissions for obesity-related treatment in England in 2019-20, showing a 17% increase compared with the year before. These important figures reinforce the need to take action to ensure we support people living with obesity with an environment that makes eating healthy and being active accessible.
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SMASH: Helping teens save money and eat well
SMASH is a new app aiming to help young people Save Money and Stay Healthy, offering 13-24-year old’s a discount of up to 20% off the healthier food options at ‘food to go’ retailers. By working with outlets that young people are already shopping at, SMASH aims to shift demand towards healthier options by making healthier food more affordable and accessible.
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Kellogg's commits to reducing sugar in cereals
Kellogg's is to cut sugar in its children's cereals by 10% and salt by 20%. The move will lead to all the food company's cereals no longer being high in fat, salt and sugar by the end of next year. Whilst this is a positive step by Kellogg's, this could be further progressed by removing child-friendly characters from their cereal packaging - a tactic we know parents dislike! |
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E-Action: Protect our food standards in Aus trade deal
The Government looks set to sign a trade deal with Australia that would lower our environmental, animal welfare and food standards. Our friends at Sustain are calling on you to act now and email your MP to ask them to stand against this trade deal, or any deal that lowers our standards. It takes just 2 minutes and they have written a template letter for you to use.
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Guest blog: Why aren’t all children walking to school? Current challenges and potential solutions.
We take a look through our blog archives this month to mark Walk to School Week (17th-21st May). In 2019, Dr Rob Noonan of the University of Liverpool blogged for us to discuss why more children don't walk to school in England.
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- Children’s exposure to junk food advertising: can the UK hold firm in the face of industry resistance? Chris Baker
- How does the built environment influence our physical activity levels? Margarita Kokkorou and Diva Fanian
- Office of Health Promotion – a golden opportunity: Greg Fell
- What’s on the menu? Calorie information – as the Government commits to transparent nutrition labelling in the OOH sector: Katharine Jenner
- Tackling childhood obesity in the wake of covid-19 - lessons from Chile: Rosemarie Patterson, Sangeetha Sornalingam and Max Cooper.
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Webinars, Conferences & Training
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Hosting an event, webinar or training session and want us to share details on our bulletin? Get in touch: info@foodactive.org.uk
Webinars/Conferences:
Workshops:
- A Zoom to Wean / Aliya Porter Nutrition / Thursday 24th June / 1:00pm (PAYC)
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