News about Obesity
A year on from the sugar tax, what about junk food ads?
If you have an opinion about junk food ads, sugar tax or junk food in general, then follow this link to the Department of Health and Social Care so that you can have your say. The government aims to cut obesity levels The government aims to halve current child obesity levels by 2030. As that’s…
Read more »Increasing number of children have type 2 diabetes.
Update: In 2019, 1/11 people are diabetic worldwide because type 2 diabetes is increasing. What is type 2 diabetes? In the past, type 2 diabetes was a condition that adults got. A problem that developed with age; a problem often associated with weight gain and even called “adult-onset diabetes”. But times are changing. Type 2…
Read more »Government action plan targeting childhood obesity.
“The rise in severe obesity and widening health inequalities highlight why bold measures are needed to tackle this threat to our children’s health.”The chief nutritionist at Public Health England (PHE). Earlier this year, we saw the introduction of the “sugar tax”, tackling sugary drinks with the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL). This was followed in June…
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