2016
December:
- Committee of Advertising Practice: New rules ban the advertising of high fat, salt and sugar food and drink products in children's media (8 Dec)
- HM Treasury: Soft Drinks Industry Levy - summary of consultation responses is published (5 Dec)
November:
- World Action on Salt and Health: New international survey reveals huge differences in the sugar and salt content of global breakfast cereal brands (29 Nov)
- The Guardian: Bathtub of sugary drinks a year: cancer warning over teenage intake (22 Nov)
- Waitrose announcement: Waitrose cuts sugar in over twenty cereals by 15% (16 Nov)
- AoS release: Sugar Content of Carbonated Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in the UK is ALARMINGLY High and a Major Contributor to Sugar Intake – BMJ Open Study Reveals (15th Nov)
- NHS England: Proposed action to cut sales of sugary drinks - consultation launch (9th Nov)
- The Times: Sugar in Lucozade reduced by 50% to escape tax penalty (9th Nov)
- The Guardian: Tesco cuts sugar in own-brand drinks to avoid sugar tax (7th Nov)
- Huffington Post: Ministers Need To Answer Questions Following Dispatches Investigation Into The Childhood Obesity Plan (2nd Nov)
October:
- The Grocer: Jamie Oliver urges May to wage war against obesity (31th Oct)
- Pulse: Cafe's cup of tea has more calories than a chocolate bar (20th Oct)
- Mail Online: The cuppa with more calories than TWO cans of coke! Starbucks is selling a cup of tea which is more calorific than a Mars Bars (19th Oct)
September:
- PHE-led programme asks industry to remove 20% of the sugar from food eaten most by children (29 Sep)
- iNews: Nearly half of Britons now on ‘clean eating’ diet (27 Sep)
- The Conversation: Case against soft drink levy is sugar coated (27 Sep)
- Future of the NHS 'is at stake' as number of diabetics hits 3.8 million (13th Sep)
- Latest NDNS data shows children, teenagers and adults consume two-to-three times more sugar than is recommended (9th Sep)
- The Guardian: Young children copy parents' sugary drinks habits, study suggests (1st Sep)
- Cancer Research UK: More than 57,000 children become overweight or obese during primary school (1st Sep)
August:
- Government launch open consultation on Soft Drinks Industry Levy (18th Aug)
- Government publish obesity strategy, "Childhood Obesity: A plan for action" (18th Aug)
- AoS comment: Healthy breakfast biscuits? You might as well have a bowl of Coco Pops - Action on Sugar Nutritionist Kawther Hashem (17th Aug)
- Huffpost Politics: The Sugary Drinks Tax - The Economic Case for Action (17th Aug)
- AoS comment: A coalition of British businesses opposing the soft drinks tax has launched (16th Aug)
- Food Navigator: Food industry under fire over Olympic sponsorship deals (10th Aug)
- Mail Online: Is your child's lunchbox making them obese? Typical lunches contain up to FIVE times the recommended daily amount of sugar (9th Aug)
- Food Navigator: Mexico's unhealthy eating tax one year on: reduced sugar spending and potential EU implications (9th Aug)
- Food Navigator, with AoS comment: FDF stealth sugar reformulation recommendations stir expert debate (9th Aug)
- The Guardian: Olympics are a carnival of junk food marketing, say campaigners (5th Aug)
- More supermarket promotions on less healthy food', Which? survey finds (4th Aug)
- The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) releases a free reformulation guide for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) [PDF 1,363KB] (1st Aug)
July:
- Huffington Post, blog by Diane Abbott MP: Delaying the fight against childhood obesity means we risk sleepwalking into a public health crisis (22nd Jul)
- AoS release: Policy makers must act to reduce energy drinks consumption by children and adolescents, says new report (21st Jul)
- AoS release: Findings from Cameron's long delayed Childhood Obesity Strategy are billed as ‘pathetic’ (15th Jul)
- Canberra Times: Is it time for Aussie food companies to stop hiding salt and sugar in our favourite meals? (9th Jul)
- News.com.au: Our 'toxic' food must change: expert (7th Jul)
June:
- AoS release:Healthy Breakfast Biscuits? You Might As Well Have a Bowl of Coco Pops NEW Study Reveals (18th Jun)
- AoS release: Food and Drink Federation warns members NOT to engage with health charities on product reformulation – despite Britain’s obesity epidemic(14th Jun)
- AoS comment: Evidence from Mexico shows sugar tax won't be a cure for calorie intake, according to a new study from the TaxPayers' Alliance (13th June)
- AoS comment: Top 10 tips for healthy Ramadan(8th Jun)
- Aos comment: Should Europeans be told how much sugar is added to their food? (1st Jun)
- AoS comment: Sugars in fortified milks marketed for children over 1 year (1st Jun)
May:
- AoS comment: Comment from Action on Sugar regarding Public Health England: Advice to eat more fat 'irresponsible'(31st May)
- AoS release: Instant noodles can contain more salt than in 12 packets of crisps and more than 2 teaspoons of sugar per serving – new survey reveals (24th May)
- AoS comment: Government Urged to Put Health Warnings on Billboards Promoting Fizzy Drinks (19th May)
- AoS comment: Queen's speech reaffirms Government's commitment to sugary drinks levy(18th May)
- Just Food: Premier Foods sets out nutrition pledges (17th May)
- The Guardian: Junk food billboards, posters and digital ads targeting kids face ban (13th May)
- AoS comment: CAP Consultation: food and soft drink advertising to children(13th May)
- AoS comment: Revealed: the shocking amount of sugar in your 'healthy' yoghurt - and the worst culprits (12th May)
April:
- Food Navigator: China's youth obesity prevalence grows from 0.03% to 17.2% in 30 years (28th Apr)
- Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC): Hospitals admit 300,000 obese women in one year (28th Apr)
- The Guardian: Coca-Cola Zero to be renamed in UK and will taste 'more like Coke' (19th Apr)
- The Independent: McDonalds: Is it really that bad? And was Labour right to snub it? (19th Apr)
- AoS comment: MARS Food Launches Global Health and Wellbeing Ambition (15th Apr)
- AoS comment: The Lancet - Obesity Report (1st Apr)
March:
- The Grocer - More than half of Brits support sugar tax... but will it work? (30th Mar)
- AoS release: Children's juices are 'unnecessarily high' in sugars new study in BMJ Open reveals (23rd Mar)
- The Guardian: Extend sugar tax to biscuits and cereals, says government adviser (19th Mar)
- AoS comment: Sugar levy on soft drinks announced(16th Mar)
- EuroScientist: Sweet tooth: countering one of our most lethal addictions – policy makers take on the politics of sugar (9th Mar)
February:
- The Telegraph: Scandal of high salt levels in sandwiches at Britain's coffee shops (27 Feb)
- AoS comment: Sainsbury’s to phase out multi-buy promotions (23rd Feb)
- Independent: The food industry's sweet trickery goes far beyond white chocolate mochas - by Action on Sugar Campaign Manager Jenny Rosborough (18th Feb)
- AoS release: Shocking amount of sugar found in many hot flavoured drinks (17th Feb)
- The Telegraph: Government set to axe plans to introduce sugar tax (14th Feb)
- Economist: MPs are united against sugar consumption - except in their own canteen (13th Feb)
- AoS comment: Soda Companies Turning to Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Replace Sagging U.S. Soda Sales (10th Feb)
- Cancer Research UK: Public back ban on children's junk food advertising, Cancer Research UK (8th Feb)
January:
- AoS comment: World Health Organisation publishes report: Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (25th Jan)
- AoS release: Letter to Cameron (22nd Jan)
- AoS comment: Sugar tax in hospitals (17th Jan)
- The Guardian: NHS chief to introduce sugar tax in hospitals to tackle UK obesity crisis (17th Jan)
- Financial: January: Hidden sugar and its impact on children (12th Jan)
- The Guardian: The Observer view on the government’s lax attitude to improving public health. Article reflects Action on Sugar’s calls for action (10th Jan)
- Mail Online: Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies warns of sugar tax unless food companies change recipes and slash advertising (8th Jan)
- Mail Online: David Cameron admits sugar tax U-turn could be ON (7th Jan)
- The Guardian: Cameron refuses to rule out sugar tax (7th Jan)
- Cancer Research UK: Being overweight or obese could cause around 700,000 new UK cancers by 2035 (7th Jan)
- AoS release: Action on Sugar's study on sugar reformulation in soft drinks published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (7th Jan)
- AoS comment: PHE New Sugar Campaign(4th Jan)