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21 Jul Health

Calorie Counting Regulations take wrong approach to tackling obesity

As Parliament winds down for summer recess, I’m gearing up for my first ever regret motion, setting out why I believe the impending Calorie Labelling Regulations take a wrong-headed approach to the obesity challenge.

15 Jul Health

Government's Food Advisor Says Plan To Break "Junk Food Cycle" Won't Push Up Food Prices

A new food strategy which proposes prescribing vegetables on the NHS and increasing taxes on sugar and salt would help protect the health service, its author has claimed.

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08 Mar Health

New food-first tactics are needed to tackle the modifiable factors involved in obesity and metabolic dysregulation

Figures show that a staggering 63% of the British population is now classified as overweight or obese (1).

Supporting families with healthy food through lockdown

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04 Mar Communities

Supporting families with healthy food through lockdown

Thanks to funding from The National Lottery, the Friendly Food Club has helped thousands of struggling families in Dorset learn to cook affordable, nutritious meals and make new friends.

04 Mar Health

Obesity is a national emergency; to level up society, it must be addressed

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the direct link between obesity-related ill-health and vulnerability to the worst effects of the virus

01 Mar Health

The Government’s obesity strategy is putting those with eating disorders at risk

This Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we must recognise that there is not a catch-all strategy to addressing obesity in the UK.

25 Feb Coronavirus

Can The Government's Obesity Strategy Tackle The UK's Weight Crisis?

The government’s latest obesity strategy includes a watershed on advertising unhealthy foods and changes to labelling. But is that enough to reverse the crisis, or should the emphasis be on tackling food poverty and improving access to clinical support? Georgina Bailey reports

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22 Feb Health

BANT launches its NEW “Food for your Health” Campaign to target the rise in diet-induced metabolic illness

“Never before have our food choices been so important for our health and wellbeing” is the strapline of the new BANT campaign “Food for your Health” launching this February 2021.

‘Ahead of the curve’ - senior MPs celebrate Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I’s commitment to health and wellbeing

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12 Jan Coronavirus

‘Ahead of the curve’ - senior MPs celebrate Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I’s commitment to health and wellbeing

From helping over 80,000 people stay active during lockdown, to reducing the sugar levels in its drinks, a new report highlights how Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I is helping consumers live active and healthy lifestyles.

With Covid rates soaring, the government must help us get the UK off to a “fresh start” in the fight against obesity

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08 Jan Coronavirus

With Covid rates soaring, the government must help us get the UK off to a “fresh start” in the fight against obesity

As new research reveals the significant impact of losing even a small amount of weight on our long term health, the government must work more closely with weight management services to tackle obesity.

14 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

The government must address the root cause of obesity: inequality

People in poorer socioeconomic groups and those with inadequate access to weight management services are being let down. We must do more to prevent and treat Britain’s obesity problem

When living in an age of ultra-processed foods, how can we protect our health?

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24 Nov 2020 Health

When living in an age of ultra-processed foods, how can we protect our health?

A series of recent scientific studies have highlighted how bad ultra-processed foods and drinks (UPFD) are for human health, and BANT repeatedly recommend that this category of foods and drinks is avoided as much as possible. But in a world where the scientific community and the media, contradicts itself from one day to the next, how bad are they for your health?

14 Sep 2020 Health

The Government must review their anti-obesity strategy to avoid collateral damage to those living with eating disorders

The Government has reiterated its intention to label foods with the number of calories they contain, despite a lack of strong evidence linking this to long-term weight loss.

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29 Jul 2020 Health

A welcome recognition of the needs and challenges faced by families with children on Universal Credit

The National Food Strategy’s recommendation to extend free school meals to more children who need them would go a long way to making sure children get enough to eat.

29 Jul 2020 Health

The obesity strategy must focus on wellbeing and not shame people into losing weight

The population has a whole cannot afford for the Prime Minister’s new drive to fail, but we will have to find new ways to engage with individual mental wellbeing.

29 Jul 2020 Health

The Government’s obesity strategy is the beginning of the road, not the end

Seeking to change individual lifestyles alone won’t solve the obesity crisis, we need to address its root causes through a 'whole system' approach.

Providing effective, empathetic support will be essential in Boris Johnson's fight to tackle obesity

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27 Jul 2020 Health

Providing effective, empathetic support will be essential in Boris Johnson's fight to tackle obesity

Providing people with effective, empathetic support – as we’ve been doing at Slimming World for more than 50 years – to eat more healthily and become more active, and to do both in ways they can sustain for the long term, is essential.

27 Jul 2020 Health

Boris Johnson's u-turn on obesity is welcome, but real action must follow

After years of inaction, the Government has revealed a plan to tackle the obesity crisis. But we'll judge ministers on their actions, not their words

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27 Jul 2020 Health

BANT supports the ‘Better Health’ campaign but cautions against the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach

BANT (British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine) whole-heartedly supports any Governmental focus on improving the health of the British nation, a goal that BANT has, itself, been campaigning for over the past 20 years.

27 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson considers total ban on online junk food ads in bid to defuse obesity ‘time-bomb’

Ministers are considering an outright ban on advertising junk food online as part of a wide-ranging plan to tackle obesity in Britain.

26 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson set to launch major new anti-obesity strategy in bid to reduce pressure on NHS

Boris Johnson is set to launch a major new anti-obesity push in a bid to reduce further pressure on the NHS.

24 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Exclusive: Boris Johnson warned that calorie-counting obesity ‘scare tactics’ will harm recovery for eating disorder sufferers

Boris Johnson’s “distressing” anti-obesity plan to make restaurants and takeaways display calories could set back recovery for people battling eating disorders, the Government has been warned.

24 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

TV junk food adverts could be banned before 9pm as Boris Johnson eyes anti-obesity drive

Television junk food advertisements could banned before the 9pm watershed when Boris Johnson unveils his plan to tackle obesity next week.

17 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Tackling obesity is not just about diet alone, it’s time to get moving

Finding ways to be more active in the new normal is a challenge, but important, as the combination of exercise and healthy eating is often the healthiest way to manage weight.