Projects that work with children and families to prevent childhood obesity and reduce health inequalities are benefitting from more than half a...
The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis published...
A dramatic increase in child obesity levels during the pandemic is set to cost the UK over £8bn, according to National Institute for Health and Care...
Existing drinking water fluoridation programmes in England still provide marginal savings for the NHS, but there is no guarantee new schemes would...
The Labour Party has released details of a new plan to improve young people’s health—the measures including 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments,...
Teddie Little discusses the health connections between the mouth and body.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released new data on December 5, 2023, that showed a low global rate of taxes being applied to unhealthy products...
Eating more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be associated with a higher risk of developing cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (including the...
A report released on November 20, 2023, by a coalition of health charities has laid bare the £31bn productivity cost to the economy from alcohol,...
The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under-18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12 per cent,...
At the start of Sugar Awareness Week (13–19 November 2023), Professor Paula Waterhouse, BSPD’s president, wrote to the new secretary of state for...
To mark Sugar Awareness Week (November 13 -19), a survey by Action on Sugar has revealed over a third of sweet food and drink products sold in major...
