Playing football prevents over 8,000 cases of Cardiovascular Disease a year in Scotland, according to a UEFA-commissioned study. The report also suggest football contributes £700 million worth of #PublicHealth benefits to Scottish society. #EqualGame bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Last year, the Premier League & Coca-Cola GB announced a 3.5 year partnership, starting in January 2019. This isn't the first time Coca-Cola has used football to market their products to children and young people. They've been doing it for 70 years... healthystadia.eu/football-and-c…

Fantastic to see Premier League Communities raising awareness of single-use plastic! Last year, our #GiveUpLovingPop project provided over 900 re-usable water bottles to children in Lancashire. Read more here: healthystadia.eu/sugary-drinks-… @stanleyfctrust Fleetwood Town Community Trust Preston North End Community and Education Trust

In this guest blog, Caroline Cerny from Obesity Health Alliance - Account Inactive, discusses #JunkFood marketing, why current policy is not protecting our children from commercial interests and how football is being exploited by brands promoting unhealthy products: healthystadia.eu/junk-food-mark…

Today Coca-Cola GB activated a campaign 'celebrating' its partnership with Premier League ⬆️marketing of #junkfood via the 'national game'; see our response & joint letter with @The_FSF asking Mims Davies MP & Matt Hancock for regulation healthystadia.eu/whereeveryonep… #WhereEveryonePays

The Premier League revamped its brand in 2016 to shed its corporate image, refocus on the people behind football and to make it a more attractive proposition to partners. But this has had unintentional consequences for #PublicHealth #WhereEveryonePlays healthystadia.eu/how-the-premie…

In the latest in our series of #SweetAndUnsavoury blogs, Prof. Emma Boyland looks at some of the unsporting behaviour on display from #JunkFood and #SugaryDrinks brands and how they use athletes to promote their products to children and young people: healthystadia.eu/unsporting-beh…

➡️New Research: Peer reviewed article published today in The Bulletin of the World Health Organization focussing on the Commercial Determinants of Health in Sport by lead author Robin Ireland - read our backgrounder article & link to main paper: healthystadia.eu/commercial-det… #HealthySponsorship

Our latest bulletin is now live: 🛒NEW Food Active #PricePromotions report 🤼‍♀️BwD Public Health & Rochdale Borough Council #ChildhoodObesity Trailblazers 🗣️N.West Consultation Event ⚽️Healthy Stadia takes action on #JunkFood sport sponsorship 🗞️Latest news, events & more.. foodactive.org.uk/food-active-bu…

We are pleased to announce the publication of our new research with UK Health Forum and @PHE_uk demonstrating the marketing and promotion of less healthy food and drink items in traditional non-food retailers. Read the reports here: foodactive.org.uk/new-research-f…

Many thanks to @PHE_uk for commissioning Food Active & UK Health Forum to investigate the promotion of unhealthy food and drink items in traditional non-food retailers. Card shops, pharmacies, clothing retailers and department stores all promote #HFSS products: foodactive.org.uk/new-research-f…

We're consulting on the placement and promotion of food & drinks in shops: gov.uk/government/con… We want to work with shops to make healthier foods more affordable for families. #GrowingUpHealthy 👇 Read the new research from Food Active, UK Health Forum and @PHE_uk on this topic

Today Health Equalities Group (Food Active Healthy Stadia), alongside over 80 health & local government organisations, are calling on the Government to #fundpublichealth as a priority. Find out more about this important statement to Government below ⬇️ foodactive.org.uk/consensus-stat…

Delighted to launch our new report on the Food Active Healthy Weight Declaration which details the impact and influence of the declaration in eight local authorities. #FoodActive2019 Prof Matt Ashton FFPH FRSPH FRCP Robin Ireland foodactive.org.uk/new-healthy-we…

Today we are hosting our first Stakeholder Workshop at @LivHospitals to consult on the Cheshire and Merseyside Prevention Pledge, which aims to enable Trusts to become anchor institutions and systems leaders in prevention. #CMPledgeForPrevention Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership @CMPHN

The first C&M Prevention Pledge Stakeholder Workshop is taking place today, to discuss the proposed core commitments that trusts will sign up to. Looking forward to exploring how prevention agenda can be progressed via NHS #CMPledgeForPrevention Food Active Health Equalities Group

Thanks to colleagues for attending this morning's workshop at @LivHospitals. Lots of enthusiasm, good practice and idea's shared for taking forward the C&M NHS Prevention Pledge. Looking forward to next week's session to continue the discussions! #CMPledgeForPrevention @CMPHN

Read about the C&M Prevention Pledge pilot, which addresses prevention within tertiary & secondary care, supporting Trusts to consider how services & environments are shaped to promote good health, increased healthy life expectancy and reduce inequality. nwcpwd.nhs.uk/nwphpn/nwphpn-…

Expressions of interest have now been launched for acute Trusts to take part in pilot of Cheshire & Merseyside NHS #PreventionPledge! 📅 Deadline for submissions close 18th Sept. Health Equalities Group Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership @CMPHN NHSE Workforce, Training and Education – NW NW_PHPN More info 👉 nwcpwd.nhs.uk/nwphpn/nwphpn-…

In today’s very interesting blog, in support of our new Local Government Position Statement, we hear from Food Active Health Equalities Group, on the need for striking the balance with the National Child Measurement Programme. #PowerToPlaces obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2024/09/16/ncm…