All Obesity articles
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Comment & OpinionChildren’s yoghurts show why voluntary sugar reduction has run its course
People want stronger safeguards on the amount of sugar allowed in food, says Sonia Pombo of Action on Salt & Sugar
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Comment & OpinionWhere does UPF fit in the future of convenience food?
Three experts give their take on how concerns over UPFs will shape convenience food
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Food Nation 2040, Crosta Mollica’s sale and KFCereal
As the government sets out the next phase of its food strategy, we explore whether it will really have any impact – plus this week’s picks including Crosta Mollica’s merger and cereal that KFC wants us to eat with gravy
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Analysis & FeaturesThe weight-loss boom reshaping the dairy sector
For GLP-1 users with smaller appetites, every calorie counts – and dairy is caught in the crossroads of functionality and indulgence
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Health Summit friction, Asda growth and Diageo’s mid-strength move
Feathers were ruffled at The Grocer Health Summit, but there was real value in bringing together voices that rarely share the same stage
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Health Summit: who’s to blame for obesity crisis?
In the days leading up to the summit, the significance of the occasion was rammed home by a series of major announcements and calls on health
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NewsDeep-fried food and fruit juice banned from school menus, govt confirms
While the changes are widely supported by the school food sector, fears around funding and monitoring continue to be raised
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Comment & OpinionGLP-what?! It should not have been this easy to buy Mounjaro
It was shockingly easy for our reporter to get hold of Mounjaro. The regulator is understandably concerned
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NewsRegulator ‘very concerned’ by MedExpress weight-loss prescription investigation
Exclusive investigation reveals MedExpress approved a Mounjaro prescription for a patient with a BMI of 22.5 after unverified weight data was submitted, prompting concern from the pharmacy regulator
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Analysis & FeaturesThe growing concern over GLP-1 marketing to new mums
Online mumfluencers are dropping heavy hints about ‘medically supported weight loss’ – but doctors warn some adverts are ‘irresponsible’
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Analysis & FeaturesThe renewed push to stop unhealthy food in schools
Campaigners have welcomed plans, but say they must stay firm
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Comment & OpinionThe healthy food tax hiding in the lunchbox aisle
Healthy packed lunches cost 45% more than unhealthy ones, but the gap varies widely by retailer, suggesting this is a category management problem that should be solvable, says Patrick Finlay, MD at The Category Management Company
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NewsGLP-1s, UPFs and the protein push: what’s on at The Grocer’s Health Summit 2026
The full agenda and speaker lineup for the inaugural The Grocer Health Summit has been finalised, three weeks ahead of the event
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NewsWeight-loss pill will be as big as statins, says obesity expert
Foundayo, a daily GLP-1 weight-loss pill produced by Eli Lilly, has been approved in the UK for the treatment of both weight loss and Type 2 diabetes
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Comment & OpinionRetailers are sleepwalking into the ‘Club Ozempic’ era
As 8.25 million Britons take or consider GLP-1 medications, retailers from Boots to Ocado are racing to work out what ‘Club Ozempic’ shoppers actually want, says Amy Stobie, co-founder and commercial director at AgencyUK
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WhitepapersHow GLP-1 drugs are reshaping the grocery basket
By 2030, one in three grocery checkouts will come from a GLP-1 household. And they’re not just eating less. They’re switching brands, buying smaller packs and reshaping the entire basket. Based on research with 9,417 UK consumers, we reveal what it means for your category.
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Analysis & FeaturesHenry Dimbleby on how to grow as appetites shrink
Former health tsar Henry Dimbleby is now ‘completely focused on the commercial’ – and believes brands must prioritise health to survive
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Comment & OpinionWhy the war on UPFs has hit an evidence-based roadblock
Will Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper crack down on ultra-processed foods? That question is very much up for debate
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Comment & OpinionRegulation can give food businesses the level playing field they need
A year on from the Health and Social Care Committee’s promise of clearer food standards, it is the delay, not the regulation itself, that is costing businesses, says Katharine Jenner, executive director of the Obesity Health Alliance
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Comment & OpinionThe junk food ‘clampdown’ isn’t failing, it’s working
Campaign called the ASA’s recent rulings proof that regulation had failed, but they actually prove the opposite, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of WeAreSPQR