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Executive Manager, Jane Martin joins Richard Glover on Drive to discuss support for law reform to protect children from unhealthy food marketing.

Food for Health Alliance, the Australian Medical Association, Cancer Council, Australian Dental Association and Heart Foundation have united to call for a 20 per cent health levy on sugary drink manufacturers, with new research showing it could reduce Australians’ annual sugar intake by 2.6 kilograms per person and raise up to a billion each year for crucial obesity prevention and other health initiatives.

Jane Martin, Dr Alexandra Chung and Dr Sandro Demaio join ABC Conversation Hour hosts to talk about nutrition content and marketing claims around baby and toddler foods.

A shake-up in food labelling means high-sugar foods, including some baby and toddler foods and fruit juices, will no longer be able to carry "no added sugar" claims on their packaging.

Research by the Food for Health Alliance has highlighted many food products marketed for children under the age of three have a “healthy halo” to make them look better than they are.

Toys & unhealthy sweets or sugary drinks should not be used to entice kids into shops selling harmful vaping products. Jane Martin says it’s ‘unethical’ and ‘co-location of lollies and toys with other harmful products creates a new normal for young people that they haven’t been exposed to before.

Jane Martin comments on introducing a sugary drink health levy after Monash University-led research suggests an Australian tax on sugary drinks could prevent more than half a million dental cavities, and increase health equity, over the next decade.

New guidelines from the World Health Organization add to pressure on the Australian Government to crackdown on the marketing of unhealthy foods to children,

Lobby group the Food for Health Alliance has welcomed a federal private member’s bill that would restrict unhealthy food and drink advertising during set times on TV and radio, and at all times online.

Jane Martin on a new Private Member’s Bill that would restrict unhealthy food and drink advertising during set times on TV and radio, and at all times online.

Jane Martin and Cancer Research UK's Malcolm Clark on ABC Radio Melbourne Conversation Hour discussing obesity and successful preventive measures in the UK like introducing a health levy on sugary drinks.

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