4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (981+ words) Downing Street has also revealed that it will implement a new monitoring system to ensure schools are following the updated healthy eating guidelines. The proposed changes will be subject to a nine-week consultation and will see the availability of so-called…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (378+ words) The 2025 Child Nutrition Report " "Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children" " has revealed the role that unhealthy food is contributing to a global surge in obesity among children and adolescents. Globally, Unicef found that there are 188 million teenagers and…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1246+ words) As part of its commitment to raise "the healthiest generation of children ever in the UK, the Government is proposing a ban on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children aged 15 and under, which it believes could prevent obesity…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (744+ words) As part of its 10-Year Health Plan, the UK government has announced new guidelines for baby food producers, which will challenge them to reduce levels of salt and sugar in their products. This will need to be achieved without the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (715+ words) The UK Government has delayed the advertising restrictions on this sub-category of high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) products by three months to 5 January 2026. However, the confusion around what counts as "brand advertising" hasn"t gone away. New changes…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago  (562+ words) The new warning from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) about slush ice drinks or slushies containing glycerol said that they are unsafe for children under the age of seven and should be limited for children aged seven to 10. Children aged…...