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Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion

Thursday, July 15, 2021

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Henry Dimbleby is urging ministers to introduce a new tax on sugar and salt to improve the nation's health, and fund the expansion of free school meals for an extra 1.1 million children.

MPs back sugar tax to fight obesity

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Monday, November 30, 2015

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A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks should be brought in to help fight childhood obesity, MPs say.

APPG calls for Child Obesity Strategy rethink

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Monday, October 30, 2017

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has demanded the Government rethink the role of physical activity in its Child Obesity Strategy.

Pressure mounts on Cameron over fizzy drinks tax

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Friday, January 8, 2016

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Speculation is growing that the child obesity strategy will include a tax on sugary soft drinks as health campaigners pile pressure on David Cameron.

Health campaign says young children should have three hours activity a day

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Friday, July 29, 2016

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‘Every movement counts’ is the motto of a new Department of Health campaign to encourage children aged under five to be physically active for at least three hours a day.

Childhood obesity is 'everyone's business' and can no longer be ignored

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

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The Government must make sure that young children at risk of obesity are identified early to make sure that they and their families can access the right support, a committee of MPs says today.

Early bedtime in young childhood 'cuts obesity risk'

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Monday, July 18, 2016

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Researchers have linked a much lower incidence of obesity in teenagers who were tucked in by 8pm during their early years.

Nearly half of primary children overweight in parts of the country

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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A new map tracking the waistlines of primary school children shows in some local authority areas close to 50 per cent of children are overweight or obese.

22,000 children severely obese at the end of primary school

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

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The number of children in the last year of primary school severely obese is almost double that of those in Reception, according to a new analysis by the Local Government Association.

Labour accuses Government of moving at ‘snail’s pace’ on tackling childhood obesity

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

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The Government has missed deadlines for four of the six policy consultations outlined in the second Childhood Obesity Plan, which was introduced a year ago, Labour claims today.

Pre-school citywide strategy leads to fall in obesity rates

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Friday, May 3, 2019

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Leeds is the first city in England to have cut its rates of child obesity with the help of HENRY, an early years prevention strategy.

Health experts call for sugar tax to reduce childhood obesity

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Monday, October 26, 2015

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A coalition of health professionals, academics, nutritionists and campaigners are calling for a tax on sugar to protect the health of children in the UK.

Weigh children more to help tackle obesity, says charity

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Monday, November 30, 2015

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The Children’s Food Trust is urging the Government to measure children more regularly to better understand when they are gaining weight.

UK to ban junk food ads online to tackle child obesity

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

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Plans to implement a total ban on online junk food advertising have been unveiled by the Government in an attempt to tackle the growing obesity crisis, particularly among children.

Swapping sugar for starch may combat obesity

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Monday, November 2, 2015

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A new study suggests that replacing sugar in the diets of obese children with starchy foods like crisps and pizza dramatically improves their health.

Mayor to consider plans to tackle child obesity

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

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London’s Child Obesity Taskforce has announced its 10 ambitions to improve child health across the capital.

Government strengthens Childhood Obesity Plan

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Sunday, June 24, 2018

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The Government has reformed its Childhood Obesity Plan to include tighter controls on junk food marketing.

Good heart health begins in infancy

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

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Rapid weight gain in a child’s early years could increase their heart attack and stroke risk as adults, a study has found.

Over 1.3 million UK children expected to be obese in 2030

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Thursday, October 3, 2019

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The first global atlas on childhood obesity predicts that close to a quarter of all children and young people in this country will be obese in 11 years' time.

Childhood obesity reaches 'record high'

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

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Children living in deprived areas are more than twice as likely to be obese than those living in more affluent areas, findings from the Government’s National Child Measurement Programme for England reveal.

Government 'nowhere near' target of halving child obesity

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

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The outoing chief medical officer for England has warned that the country is nowhere near achieving the Government's ambition to halve child obesity by 2030.

Government launches new obesity strategy

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Monday, July 27, 2020

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A ban on junk food ads before the 9pm watershed is one of the measures being brought in by the Government to tackle ‘the ticking time bomb’ of obesity.

Childhood obesity action plan ‘too slow’, says report

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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The Government will fail to deliver on its goal to halve childhood obesity by 2030, the UK's independent public spending watchdog has warned.

Walking a mile a day could fight child obesity

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Friday, May 11, 2018

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An initiative in which school children walk or run a mile every day could be the answer to tackling obesity and sedentary behaviour globally, according to new research.

No cut to milk for under-fives, but new guide slashes intake for older children

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

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Early years settings are being advised that they should not lower the dairy intake for pre-schoolers, in light of revised guidance.

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Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion

MPs back sugar tax to fight obesity

APPG calls for Child Obesity Strategy rethink

Pressure mounts on Cameron over fizzy drinks tax

Health campaign says young children should have three hours activity a day

Childhood obesity is 'everyone's business' and can no longer be ignored

Early bedtime in young childhood 'cuts obesity risk'

Nearly half of primary children overweight in parts of the country

22,000 children severely obese at the end of primary school

Labour accuses Government of moving at ‘snail’s pace’ on tackling childhood obesity

Pre-school citywide strategy leads to fall in obesity rates

Health experts call for sugar tax to reduce childhood obesity

Weigh children more to help tackle obesity, says charity

UK to ban junk food ads online to tackle child obesity

Swapping sugar for starch may combat obesity

Mayor to consider plans to tackle child obesity

Government strengthens Childhood Obesity Plan

Good heart health begins in infancy

Over 1.3 million UK children expected to be obese in 2030

Childhood obesity reaches 'record high'

Government 'nowhere near' target of halving child obesity

Government launches new obesity strategy

Childhood obesity action plan ‘too slow’, says report

Walking a mile a day could fight child obesity

No cut to milk for under-fives, but new guide slashes intake for older children

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