News and Opinion
There are stories relating to obesity breaking around the world every day. The stories below are those where journalists haver sought NOF opnion/quotes or summaries of research on which NOF may have a view. Where possible the source of the stories are identified by the newspaper banner or a URL in red.
NOF Opinion will always be identified in italics.
St Helens’ bans fast food shops within 400m of schools
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011
In an effort to beat obesity yet another UK city is implementing bans.
NOF agrees that the ban is entirely justified if schools themselves ensure that the food they provide is attractive and also involved the children in the choice of what;’s on offer. Part of the interview also touched on children being weighed and measured annually at school and even pre-school with which NOF agrees.