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25 Mar Health

The Victoria Atkins interview: 'The NHS belongs to us all, not just the junior doctors committee'

Born into a political family, Victoria Atkins was seemingly destined to end up in government. But, as the Health Secretary tells Tali Fraser, her journey has not been straightforward – and nor are the issues she’s attempting to tackle. Photography by David Bebber

Can drugs really cure the obesity epidemic?

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02 Oct 2023 Health

Can drugs really cure the obesity epidemic?

In a significant change of direction, the Government has switched its obesity strategy to a £40 million drug pilot. Carolyn Pallister, Registered Dietitian and Head of Nutrition, Research and Health from the UK's leading weight loss organisation Slimming World, looks at what this means for people who need support to lose weight.

28 Jul 2023 Health

In Brief: Obesity

In an occasional series, staff from Parliament’s libraries give The House choice nuggets from the archives. This week, Professor Grant Hill-Cawthorne, House of Commons librarian and managing director of research and information, looks at the UK’s obesity problem

Slimming World parliamentary drop-in showcases evidence-based approach to healthy weight loss

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12 Jul 2023 Health

Slimming World parliamentary drop-in showcases evidence-based approach to healthy weight loss

Slimming World, the UK and Ireland’s most advanced and effective weight management programme, recently held a parliamentary drop-in, supported by the APPG on Obesity, highlighting how Slimming World members are able to adopt healthy lifestyles in line with key government priorities around diet, the NHS, economic growth and harder to reach communities.

08 Jun 2023 Health

Obesity is damaging the nation’s health and wealth

Successive governments have sought to reduce obesity through 14 strategies over 30 years – all of which have failed to fix the broken food system.

5 years on from the introduction of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy: what do we have to show for it?

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19 Apr 2023 Health

5 years on from the introduction of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy: what do we have to show for it?

In the midst of a crisis facing our health service, with record waits for operations, long delays in A&E and strikes not seen in generations, it could be easy for public health interventions to take a back seat. But the difference interventions such as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy can make are significant.

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13 Apr 2023 Health

Latest figures show an alarming rise in T2DM in the under 40’s and highlight a failing food industry.

Body weight, inactivity, and social deprivation amongst the contributing factors.

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06 Apr 2023 Health

Prevention is crucial, but the nation’s health crisis needs innovation not just investment.

Funding for prevention should reflect the scale of the problem.

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20 Mar 2023 Health

BANT supports Dimbleby’s protest at government’s “insane” inaction against obesity

Junk food culture mean Brits eat more ultra-processed than real food.

03 Nov 2022 Health

Public health policy should return to the top of Steve Barclay’s priority list

After a gap of less than eight weeks, Steve Barclay returned to the Department of Health and Social Care to find NHS waiting lists of more than 7m, a social care system on its knees, record workforce shortages, and the first signs of a flu season arriving in hospitals.

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21 Sep 2022 Health

BANT calls for Government to improve, not remove ‘Obesity Strategy’

Latest sign that Truss has no appetite for health policies

06 Sep 2022 Health

Calories on menus are causing more harm than good

Dining out in a restaurant should be one of life’s little treats, and for most of us it is.

14 Mar 2022 Health

Reducing excess salt in our food would be a much-needed triumph for UK public health

Earlier this year, evidence emerged from South Africa that mandatory salt targets resulted in a huge fall in salt intake, even amongst the most deprived groups.

25 Feb 2022 Health

We must change the failing approach to ill health

The UK’s health looks increasingly frayed and unequal. Even prior to the pandemic, people were living more years in poor health, life expectancy gains had stalled, and inequalities were widening.

18 Feb 2022 Health

Jamie Oliver Accuses Boris Johnson Of Playing Politics With Children's Health Over Obesity Plans

Celebrity Chef and healthy food campaigner Jamie Oliver has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of "playing politics" with children's health.

10 Feb 2022 Health

The Henry Dimbleby Interview: Breaking The Junk Food Cycle

As Henry Dimbleby awaits a formal response to his National Food Strategy report, the government’s food tsar explains why state action is crucial if Britain is to break the damaging junk food cycle and reverse the constant rise in obesity figures.

HFSS ad ban: ‘Pro-Tech’ Government Dismissing Tech Solutions

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07 Dec 2021 Economy

HFSS ad ban: ‘Pro-Tech’ Government Dismissing Tech Solutions

The self-proclaimed “unashamedly pro-tech” Government continues to pursue a draconian online advertising ban that harks back to an analogue era

21 Jul 2021 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 2021 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 2021 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 2021 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 2021 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 2021 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 2021 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