We cannot keep pouring an increasing amount of money into more doctors, hospitals, and medicines in the hope that we can treat our way out of our health problems.
We need to look 'upstream' and tackle the determinants of health.
My speech in House of Lords on NHS.

Children have a right to – and benefit from – healthy, happy childhoods.

🔑to this is access to healthy, nutritious food.

The current situation faced by hundreds of thousands of children cannot be allowed to continue.

Ahead of Nestlé AGM later today, our Co-Head of Health Thomas Abrams 🍅 spoke to BBC Radio 4 this morning on why Nestle needs to act to protect public health.

Tune in from 24 mins to hear why we're calling on the company to sell more healthy products ⬇️

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We’ve arrived at the Nestlé AGM!

Our campaigners Holly Gabriel RNutr & Thomas Abrams 🍅 are ready to face the world’s largest food manufacturer to challenge it to increase healthy food sales.

We’ve triggered an important shareholder vote on this issue that will take place today. 🤞

KitKat owner Nestlé faces vote forcing it to cut back on unhealthy products ⁦ShareAction⁩ 👏 theguardian.com/business/2024/…

An interesting Food, Diet & Obesity inquiry today with the Director of Food & Sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, Charlie Bigham and the Stewardship & Engagement Lead at Greenbank all agreeing regulation in this area is needed

NEW report 📢. Swapping from high to lower salt & sugar products doesn’t just support physical health but also reduces carbon emissions & better planetary health!

Read full report from Sustainable & Healthy Food Systems The Food Foundation & #RecipeforChange campaign at tinyurl.com/tb5f38fk

We're supporting ShareAction and many others in pushing Nestlé to shift their reliance on sales of unhealthy food

We know when we change the food system, people are able to make better choices

Nestlé - be part of the solution, not the problem

We’re calling out Nestlé on its sales of unhealthy food at its annual general meeting (AGM) this April.

Registered health nutritionist Ali Morpeth RNutr & Katharine Jenner of Obesity Health Alliance are supporting our challenge to Nestlé to improve its impact on public health🗣

Worrying stats from the latest research by Institute for Fiscal Studies Brits 'are eating 50% more takeaways now than before Covid' mol.im/a/13267345 via Daily Mail Online

this likely equals higher levels of salt and saturated fat in UK diets

New research by FSA in N.Ireland published today shows worrying levels of salt and saturated fat content in children's restaurant meals

More work clearly needed to improve the nutritional quality of food available to children when eating out

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Nestlé says it wants to improve global health, yet the majority of its global food & drink sales are unhealthy products

Poor diets are cutting lives short by contributing to diabetes, heart disease and some cancers

We're challenging Nestlé to help people make healthier choices

👍 They have since gone on to promote a junk food advertising ban, activity clubs, and healthier food standards in schools. Keep up the great work Bite Back! (3/3)

ICYMI - New campaign to tackle the nation's 'silent killer'

>4m adults 40+ in England unknowingly live with high blood pressure, the main risk factor for heart attacks + strokes

Get your BP measured today! it's free, doesn't take long and can be life changing

High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, but your pharmacist can detect it.

For your free NHS blood pressure check, just go to your pharmacy today. Think pharmacy first.

Must be 40 years or older and live in England, eligibility criteria apply.

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📰 NHD Industry Watch 📰

Action on Salt examined the salt content of over 600 Cheddar and similar cheeses using 10 retailers.

Action on Salt BDA Industry Specialist Group

People before profits: The government must put the health of our nation before the profits of industry to protect our communities, the NHS, and the economy from the harmful commodities that are #HoldingUsBack .

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK ASH The BMJ

Get involved this #SaltAwarenessWeek 13th - 19th May 2024. It's time to shine the spotlight on salt! See more on our website, how to get involved and resources you can download actiononsalt.org.uk/awareness/salt…

Pleasantly surprised to see KFC UK first ever Nutrition Report 👀
Clearly they still have a long way to go in meeting salt, sugar and calorie reduction guidelines, but we 👏their transparency, and hope to see more of this

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Great video from The Food Foundation 👏

We support their call to policymakers and the next Government to make urgent changes to our food system

#NourishingTheNation #MyFoodVision