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Sugar tax now in force
6 April 2018
This new measure aims to reduce childhood obesity rates and improve the health of the nation.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight reversed in the UK between 1953 and 2015
21 March 2018
Since the post-war period, socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight have reversed in the UK – with disadvantaged children originally being more likely to be thinner than more advantaged children, but now typically being more likely to be overweight or obese, according to an observational stud...
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Warning over blueberry muffin hidden sugar content
21 March 2018
New analysis by Action on Sugar and the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) shows huge variation in sugar content, portion size and lack of nutrition labelling on blueberry muffins sold at out of home outlets in the UK’s busiest train stations and supermarkets.
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Â鶹ӰԺ responds to new Change4Life campaign
9 January 2018
Public Health England (PHE) is helping parents take control of their children’s snacking by launching the first Change4Life campaign promoting healthier snacks.
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‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare
24 December 2017
School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research reveals today.
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GMC publishes 'State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK' report
19 December 2017
The UK's medical profession faces the prospect of too few doctors to treat rising numbers of patients, says the General Medical Council (GMC).
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Breastfeeding rates increase when financial incentives given, finds new study
14 December 2017
Results of a study which saw breastfeeding rates rise when new mums were given vouchers, have today been published.
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Vulnerable children being put in harm's way says 'State of Children's Rights' report
13 December 2017
Some of England’s most vulnerable children are being needlessly put in harm’s way because their safety and wellbeing is ignored whilst the Government is focused on Brexit.
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NHS Digital's Health Survey for England published
13 December 2017
NHS Digital's Health Survey for England was published today, releasing data on the state of the nation's health.
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Latest Millennium Cohort Study finds one in five young people obese at age 14
7 December 2017
Professor Mary Fewtrell, Nutrition Lead at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, responds to these latest findings which were published by the UCL Institute of Education.