News & Updates

Celebrity chef and children’s health advocate, Jamie Oliver, has called out tactics used by unhealthy food companies to deliberately target – or ‘hunt’ – children with their advertising, and said governments were too slow to take action to protect kids.

FHA has welcomed a call by crossbench MPs for the Federal Government to set higher standards to protect children from unhealthy food marketing and prevent childhood obesity.

The Obesity Policy Coalition has welcomed the Albanese Government and its newly-appointed Ministry, while it reiterated its call for urgent action to protect the long-term health of all Australians.

The Obesity Policy Coalition has released its election priorities for the 2022 Federal Election, setting out four key actions for the next government to implement, to protect and promote the health of Australians.

The Obesity Policy Coalition has called on the Australian government to urgently invest in public health and obesity prevention to support the wellbeing of Australians, and our economy, in its 2022-2023 pre-budget submission.

The Obesity Policy Coalition and 23 other public health and consumer organisations have signed a letter to Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck to raise their joint concerns about the process and substance of the current food regulatory reforms.