Simply relying on companies to change voluntarily and telling people to alter their behaviour in a food environment that is rigged against them is destined to fail. \end 👏 @actiononsugar #RecipeForChange

‘Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits & chocolate, experts urge’ & thx to ⁦Obesity Health Alliance - Account Inactive⁩ for calling out commercial baby foods too ‘often very high in sugar but covered with misleading…claims, making parents believe they [are healthy]’ theguardian.com/society/articl…

New @actiononsugar study published in the World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin demonstrates the impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy & urges any new Govt to commit to going further📊 Excess salt & sugar intake are key risk factors for heart disease so action from the next Govt to incentivise

NEW publication in the WHO Bulletin compares UK soft drinks levy & sugar reduction programme, highlighting the huge potential to enhance the public health impact by strenghtening these policies. Food for thought for the forthcoming election! @actiononsugar ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

🍭 Voluntary measures aren't good enough at reducing the huge amounts of sugar big companies put in our food. #RecipeforChange coalition member @actiononsugar backs expansion of sugar tax in WHO bulletin. Sustain The Food Foundation Obesity Health Alliance - Account Inactive buff.ly/4e9j8FU

The World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted four industries (tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods & fossil fuels) cause 2.7 million deaths in the European Region every year This new hard hitting report spells out how specific powerful industries are driving ill health and premature mortality...

Our research has been covered BBC News (UK) 👏bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Bradford Council are collecting data on children's diets to better understand their community's needs We Queen Mary University of London @ActEarlyCities are also doing this in #TowerHamlets Tower Hamlets Council TowerHamletsCitizens Details below 👇

We're hiring! 📢 Sustain are seeking a Diversity Outreach Coordinator (maternity cover) to lead on movement-building to create a more ethnically diverse and inclusive sustainable food and farming sector. Deadline 10am, Mon 29 July. Apply here: buff.ly/45Qve33

Children’s daily sugar consumption halved just a year after soft drink industry levy introduced says new study from ⁦Dr Nina Rogers ⁦MRC Epidemiology Unit⁩ but consumption of other sugary products remains a concern. theguardian.com/society/articl…

This new analysis drives home the importance of policies designed to improve the nutritional quality of food and drink. In particular, the soft drinks industry levy (SDIL) in the UK has proven to be an effective lever to encourage food and drink manufacturers to reduce sugar.

Timely evidence published today on the impact of the sugar tax. jech.bmj.com/content/early/… Read our Dr Dr Kawther H MSc RNutr PhD The Guardian 👇

Our Dr Dr Kawther H MSc RNutr PhD spoke to BBC News (UK) earlier about how the new government has a real opportunity to learn from the impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy. Interview BBC iPlayer

“With a new government now in place, policymakers are urged to consider applying a similar levy to other discretionary products that are key contributors to sugar intake." Dr Dr Kawther H MSc RNutr PhD emphasising the success of SDIL and the need to extend it #RecipeforChange

We are delighted to see the revised National Planning Policy Framework has new wording in it stating that a purpose of the planning system will be to support healthy communities, with reducing obesity rates and tackling hot food takeaways near schools an explicit priority!

This is the inevitable, devastating, outcome of rising Islamophobia that's enabled to fester on social media, in mainstream media, and by our political class. Our thoughts are with the people of Southport, and British Muslims across the country. x.com/i/status/18185…

This BBC story 👇 How wd parents know children under 4 shd not have drinks containing glycerol, a common ingredient in slushies, when they’re badged with cartoon characters & “no added sugar” health halos. Misleading & irresponsible. More honest food labelling policy, anyone?

Here’s just a few examples of Daily Mail headlines that have fanned the flames of hate and normalised Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric #GMB

These riots started in Parliament. Rioters chant “stop the boats” and “we want our country back” - using language from politicians across the political spectrum. It’s not enough to call out violence, politicians need to stop normalising hate. In policy and practice.

Our latest report looks into the healthiness of food and drink bought out of home, and calls for greater transparency in nutrition information for the out of home sector 🧵 [1/7] shorturl.at/BVx3g Action on Salt

Unlike packaged foods, reporting on health and nutrition in the OOH sector is scarce and inconsistent. Mandatory calorie labelling for large businesses came into force in 2022, but little more nutrition information is usually provided at point of choice [3/7] Dr Kawther H MSc RNutr PhD