Junk food news

Without government action, economic growth in the UK will continue to be hampered by the rising cost of obesity on society according to a report ... More

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid a surprise visit to a branch of The Gym Group (TGG) in his South Ruislip constituency in West London. ... More

Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus are among the measures introduced in the government's new anti-obesity ... More

The outgoing chief medical officer, professor Dame Sally Davies, has called for urgent action across the industry – and the public sector – to help ... More

Leeds has become the first UK city to successfully lower the rates of childhood obesity – according to data from the national child measurement programme ... More

The latest chapter of the government’s Childhood Obesity Plan – published this week – has received a mixed reaction from the physical activity sector. While ... More

Canadian rapper, producer, actor and entrepreneur Drake is turning his attention to the restaurant business. The rapper, singer and songwriter is opening a high-end restaurant ... More

The Youth Sport Trust has pledged to work with schools to develop their physical education (PE) offer following the publication of a damning report about ... More

Some of the UK’s top visitor attractions are failing when it comes to serving healthy food to children, according to new research. Out to Lunch ... More

Experts and campaign groups have poured scorn on the government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy, describing it as a “missed opportunity”, “embarrassing” and “weak”. The government released ... More

The days of spas being sold as quiet retreats are gone, says Nicola Field, spa and recreation manager at The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort ... More

A new report has accused public health bodies of colluding with the food industry to promote low-fat diets which are having "disastrous health consequences" for ... More

Leisure centres should curtail the “unethical” selling of junk food if they want to be taken seriously as a provider of public health schemes such ... More

Plans for a new £600m fund to improve the wellbeing of NHS workers must drive to the root cause of lifestyle issues and focus on ... More

Dance, yoga and Pilates classes will be made available to NHS staff as part of a new £600m fund designed to ensure Europe’s largest single ... More

The government must take bold steps to make inroads in tackling Britain’s burgeoning childhood obesity and inactivity problem, which has ballooned after more than a ... More

Health experts are calling for labelling on food and drink to show how much activity would be required to burn off the calories contained in ... More

Health experts are calling on the government to scrap the so-called ‘fat letters’ posted to parents in England to tell them if their child is ... More

Ensuring that Britain’s children are leading healthy and active lifestyles should be a top priority for all parties in the forthcoming General Election. That is ... More

A new Youtube campaign designed to highlight the grim reality of inactivity has been launched to coincide with National Obesity Awareness Week. Lesley Miller – ... More

A pioneering Danish health scheme that enforces a series of strict lifestyle changes is being touted as a potential solution to the global childhood obesity ... More

TV shows like the phenomenally successful The Great British Bake Off are fuelling a culture of junk food ubiquity, resulting in soaring levels of obesity, ... More

Running and other forms of aerobic exercise could help people to maintain self-control and prevent cravings for junk food, according to research published in the ... More

A group of leading GPs and health experts have called on the government to create an emergency taskforce to quell the rising epidemic of childhood ... More

Three quarters of British men will be overweight or obese by 2030 because of current levels of inactivity and poor diets, according to a study ... More