Rising Childhood Obesity Epidemic to Affect 20% of Children in the United States by Year’s End The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) announced yesterday an unprecedented, innovative alliance...

Collingwood Football Club players Josh Fraser and Leon Davis will visit the Red Cross Good Start Breakfast Club at St. Joseph’s Primary School today to encourage students to start their days with...

The European Consumers Association (BEUC) yesterday (27 April) insisted that a pledge to stop advertising junk food to children under the age of 12 throughout the EU needs to go further. Five European...

Bans on advertising food products during times when families are watching television together should not be imposed in Australia because it’s a “family choice” issue, the Australian Food...

The EU Council of Ministers has ruled that dairy manufacturers cannot use labels that claim that their products strengthen children’s teeth.Formally accepting a European Commission decision, ministers...

A new breed of sparkling fruit juices that contain more sugar than CocaCola have been labelled ‘Worst Offenders’ in a review of 40 popular drinks by Dr Rosemary Stanton and children’s health...

Advertising of high fat, sugar or salt foods on children’s television has “virtually ceased” in Australia following the success of the Australian Food and Grocery Council’s (AFGC)...

SABMiller today launches a new campaign to assist parents in discussing alcohol with their children. The campaign, which will run on SABMiller’s award winning website TalkingAlcohol.com, opens featuring...

A new report by Leatherhead Food Research has highlighted that, in addition to preparing fun and easy-to-cook recipes, frozen food manufacturers are serving up healthier products for kids. Children have...

Despite not always eating what’s good for them, kids know healthy foods from those that aren’t, according to a new study by American-based foodservice consultant Technomic and kid-focused brand...