All Obesity articles – Page 8
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NewsGrocery and food to play major role in NHS 10 Year Health Plan
Announced this morning, the plan includes a radical overhaul of the NHS, with a focus on food and drink forming a key part of its ‘prevention rather than cure’ approach
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NewsTax junk food ad budgets to fund healthy food marketing, says Justin King
The law should be called ‘King’s Law’ after former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King, said ex-health tsar Henry Dimbleby
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NewsMedia Bites 3 July: Greggs, Rachel Reeves, farming fears
Gregg’s profit warning features heavily across the nationals, as does Rachel Reeves.
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Comment & OpinionHow supermarkets have been nudging healthier choices for years
Supermarkets have been slowly increasing sales of healthy food for years, but now the stakes have risen, with the prospect of fines if they don’t do better
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NewsSainsbury’s welcomes NHS obesity plan as ‘opportunity’ for supermarkets to ‘raise the bar’
Simon Roberts said it was vital the proposals applied to all ‘large food companies’, including aggregator apps, takeaway chains and fast food restaurants
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Comment & OpinionDoes grocery have a moral responsibility to feed everyone?
Between 2020 and 2023, over 550,000 more UK households began experiencing food insecurity, says Patrick Finlay, MD at The Category Management Company
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NewsMedia Bites 1 July: heatwave, inflation, UPF bingeing
Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields
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Comment & OpinionCan supermarkets step up to solve the NHS health crisis?
Supermarkets will be legally required to take on the burden of responsibility for the state of the nation’s waistlines
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NewsMedia Bites 30 June: NHS health plan, Asda vs Primark, Bacardi
The news that supermarkets will be tasked with reducing the UK’s obesity problem dominated the papers yesterday, as the NHS Health plan proposals filtered across the nation
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WebinarsWATCH: What’s the next big opportunity in protein?
Protein is one of grocery’s big success stories, but the landscape is shifting rapidly. What will it take for retailers and brands to stand out from the crowd? In this exclusive webinar, experts revealed how to unlock the next phase of growth.
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Comment & OpinionThe UK food industry must work together, for the health of our country
We need good food that is affordable, appealing and can grow our world-leading food industry, say health secretary Wes Streeting and environment secretary Steve Reed
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NewsSupermarkets ‘must push healthier food’ or risk fines, in new NHS obesity plan
The proposals are part of a partnership between government and industry to ease pressure on the NHS
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InterviewsBrewDog CEO James Taylor: ‘I don’t think BrewDog has an image problem’
With a new look and fresh faces at the helm, BrewDog is looking forward rather than back at its chequered past
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NewsMedia Bites 25 June: Asda’s weeds, playing student politics, Spanish wine exports
Kantar’s latest figures have been picked up by several papers, with the majority of headlines focused on rising inflation and the potential impact of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs on falling volumes
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NewsSupermarket volumes decline as food inflation hits 16-month peak
Grocery volumes dropped for the first time this year as prices continued to spike at a faster pace in June, according to the latest Kantar data released this morning
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NewsMedia Bites 24 June: Asda uniforms, Co-op working hours, childhood obesity
All the retail news and headlines from Tuesday 24 June 2025
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Analysis & FeaturesAs Brits eat less fruit & veg, is ‘5 a day’ still the right approach?
Fruit & veg consumption has slumped, despite widespread awareness of the 5 a day campaign. Is a new approach needed?
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Comment & OpinionThe UK’s fruit & veg crisis: it’s time to prioritise food education
The government must reposition food as a central pillar at the very heart of our education system, says Dan Parker, chief executive of Veg Power
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Comment & OpinionSpending review shows food is low in government pecking order
Defra is one of the big losers in the review, says former FDF boss Ian Wright. It’s clear that Chancellor Rachel Reeves doesn’t worry much about the food and drink industry
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NewsScottish government backtracks on plans for draconian HFSS clampdown
Holyrood has rowed back on plans for a ban on all promotions of HFSS products, instead announcing it would mirror the promotions ban brought in under the last Westminster government