obesity

Experts believe poor diet, more ultra-processed foods, obesity and a lack of exercise are playing a role.

The ban, which will come into effect in October 2025, will mean ‘unhealthy’ products cannot be advertised before the watershed.

The Government confirmed the laying of secondary legislation for the ban on Tuesday.

Cycling improves fitness, too

The combined reduction in the risk of kidney failure, worsening kidney function and death due to kidney disease was 19%, researchers found.

The Government introduced mandatory calorie labelling in England for businesses that serve food in 2022 as part of its national obesity strategy.

The discovery could lead to a new treatment for millions of people with obesity and type 2 diabetes who do not respond well to current treatments.

The findings open up the possibility of developing treatments to target the gene in order to help curb population-wide sugar intake.

Sugar has now replaced tobacco as the main driver of ill health in our society

Mike Nesbitt and Stephen Donnelly are supporting the five-year project to tackle ‘the unhealthy food environment’ on the island of Ireland