OAS and Scottish Obesity Alliance teams are ready to welcome delegates to today’s conference. Looking forward to a day of insightful discussion

Scottish Obesity Alliance member Mandy Morgan, Chief Executive TSPN at today's conference highlighted overexposure to unhealthy food, the challenge of food desserts and lack of transport as key concerns for local communities accessing healthy food

Great to have Michelle Wilson from Children's Health Scotland Chair the session on food promotions and inequalities in obesity at today's Scottish Obesity Alliance & Obesity Action Scotland Healthy Food Environment: Time to Deliver conference

🔔Speaker spotlight from our & Obesity Action Scotland conference last week. Today's focus is on the session on Food Promotions and Inequalities in Obesity and speaker Alana McDonald from Food Standards Scotland. Find out more: tinyurl.com/4xe8sudh

We welcome the priority on improving healthy weight within the Population Health Framework. We look forward to working with Scottish Government on delivering legislation to improve the food environment & health outcomes of those with obesity-related conditions. tinyurl.com/2hdztj74

💡Speaker spotlight from our & Obesity Action Scotland conference last week. Today’s focus is on the session on HFSS Food Advertising and Sponsorship and speaker Fran Bernhardt from Sustain. Find out more: tinyurl.com/uzp6jh9w

The College welcomes the Scottish Government’s plans, announced earlier this week, to restrict promotions on foods high in fat, sugar and salt and hopes it will consider further measures to build on these in order to tackle obesity. Read our statement: rcpe.ac.uk/news/college-c…

💡Speaker spotlight from our & Obesity Action Scotland conference last week. Today’s focus is on the panel session on Delivering a Good Food Nation for Scotland locally, and panellist Mandy Morgan from TSPN . Find out more: tinyurl.com/2jt2tzes

Last week @ScotGov published proposed regulations on HFSS promotions. Good to see multi-buy promotions and checkouts included but temporary price reductions, meals deals, and free-standing displays are all missing. Check out our detailed analysis tinyurl.com/2ms789vm

Today, we & Scottish Obesity Alliance submitted a public petition to Glasgow 2026 calling for a health promoting, family friendly Games, free of HFSS food and drink and other health harming products. Find out more: tinyurl.com/4fwb9tfb

👋New Vacancy! Do you have experience in public health, leadership and shaping policy? If so, the role of Head of Obesity Action Scotland could be the one for you 🤝 Full details of the role 🔗bit.ly/4fgsbG1

Researchers at Ulster University are recruiting UK adults (18+) with a BMI of 25+ to take part in an online survey They're exploring chronotype, eating behaviours, exercise timing preference and lifestyle factors Survey: redcap.science.ulster.ac.uk/redcap/surveys…

Advertising works 👏 That's why companies spend so much money on it💸 We should be particularly worried in how it influences the behaviour of young people. Excellent new report out by Cancer Research UK. bit.ly/3HsKcol

Whilst teeth brushing is very important 🪥, we also need to look upstream at the causes of dental caries. Unless we can reduce the consumption of sugar 🍹we will continue to have unacceptable high levels of tooth decay among young children 🦷 bit.ly/4oSO8zF