All Obesity articles
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Comment & OpinionWill Streeting’s war on sugar transform unhealthy food?
The DHSC’s plans to push ahead with a new, tougher version of the nutrient profiling model could put Streeting on a collision course with Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves
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Comment & OpinionThe Lunch They Deserve: powerful film highlights kids’ diet deficiencies
The government doesn’t monitor what’s happening in the school food system, which, says narrator Emma Thompson, ‘means no one is officially checking the quality of the meals served’
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Comment & OpinionRFK’s protein obsession is a food strategy the UK can do without
New meat-heavy diet guidelines in the US serve as a clear warning for the need to follow the scientific evidence, says food and nutrition policy expert Ali Morpeth
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Comment & OpinionMatcha’s gone mainstream: fmcg trends that will define 2026
says Adrian Teixeira-Porrescas, senior art director at Chuck Studios
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NewsA fifth of Brits taking part in Veganuary
Twenty-four to 34-year-olds were most likely to take part in Veganuary
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat should a GLP-1 range look like and which is best?
Retailer offerings trumpet a variety of claims about protein, fat and fibre levels, while some seem to simply be smaller portions
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Comment & OpinionUK food must prepare for the brewing UPF litigation storm
The conditions for UK litigation are aligning with frightening precision, says Mike Coppen-Gardner of WeAreSPQR
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Comment & OpinionThe government’s new health proposals are hard to swallow
The proposals would be some of the biggest and most controversial moves to hit the industry on health in the past decade
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Comment & OpinionHow can the health agenda drive good growth for food & drink?
With 11% of UK adults open to trying weight-loss injections, we’re looking at a potential market of over six million people, says Hannah Daley, IGD’s head of health and sustainable diets
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Comment & OpinionTargeting food deserts could help solve the junk food feedback loop
It’s never been a secret that children in the most deprived neighbourhoods are twice as likely to be obese as those in the wealthiest ones
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NewsHealthy food pilots planned for deprived areas to tackle obesity
A series of interventions is being lined up by government in a bid to focus the food strategy on areas with the highest levels of obesity
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NewsIceland Foods expands weight-loss range to cater to GLP-1 users
The 38 new weight-loss lines include ready meals, breakfast omelettes and filled pastas, aimed at GLP-1 users
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NewsAsda jumps on GLP-1 bandwagon with high-protein ‘power pots’
Morrisons, M&S and Co-op have recently added ready meals for weight-loss drug users
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NewsJunk food ban must be extended, health groups tell ministers
The Obesity Health Alliance has written an open letter to health secretary Wes Streeting and culture secretary Lisa Nandy, urging them to remove “loopholes” that allow brands with HFSS products to continue advertising
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer’s unofficial guide to the new HFSS marketing rules
It’s a watershed moment for HFSS food and drink advertising, with new rules now in place to restrict the marketing of key foodstuffs. But what do they mean in practice? And how will retailers and manufacturers approach the restrictions? Here’s everything you ever needed to know but didn’t dare to ask.
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Comment & OpinionToday’s junk food ad ban is a controversial start to 2026
Influential nudge body Nesta has warned the government its new legislation has been gutted to such an extent that it will allow companies to continue promoting unhealthy products
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Comment & OpinionWhy the UK government is ending the era of junk food ads
The UK is at a turning point in the fight against childhood obesity, says minister for health Ashley Dalton
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NewsJunk food advertising ban full of loopholes, say key government advisers
Nudge body Nesta said today’s delayed launch would achieve health gains ‘much smaller’ than they could have been, because of gaps in the legislation
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NewsCo-op launches own-brand GLP-1 friendly meals in UK convenience first
The four-strong range forms part of a new ‘Good Fuel’ health offer
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Analysis & FeaturesWill 2026 be the year food & drink dealmaking comes back?
What do the dealmakers in the City think of the M&A prospects in food & drink for 2026?