Notify me
Sign up to be informed about FOE activities, and receive our newsletter.
Don't worry; we won't abuse your email address. Read our privacy statement.
NEWS 2006
- Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
NZ: Children’s eating affects school performance - Sunday, May 28th, 2006
NZ: ‘Pick the Tick’ scheme has drawbacks - Thursday, May 25th, 2006
NZ: French MP urges school vending machine ban - Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Australia: Excessive eating is behind childhood obesity - Saturday, May 20th, 2006
NZ: Obesity soars in poorer schools – Waikato study - Friday, May 19th, 2006
UK: Junk food banned from school dinners - Thursday, May 18th, 2006
NZ: Budget has $76.1m to fight the obesity epidemic - Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
NZ: FOE press release – Obesity inquiry submission - Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
NZ: School tuckshops still selling unhealthy food - Monday, May 15th, 2006
NZ: Call for action on obesity – Minister - Friday, May 5th, 2006
US: TV viewing increases junk food consumption - Friday, May 5th, 2006
UK: Adolescent obesity is established in childhood - Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
US: Beverage Industry to withdraw sugary drinks from schools by 2010 - Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
NZ: Children’s activity levels differ widely - Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Australia: Why pester power works - Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Australia: Does promoting food to children encourage them to eat more of it? - Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
NZ: Government must beat the fat-cats – SST editorial - Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
Australia: Victoria bans sugary drinks from schools - Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
NZ: Alcohol, junk food and gambling dominate youth sport sponsors - Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Australia: Makers of unhealthy food sponsor children’s sport - Friday, April 21st, 2006
UK: Child obesity nearly doubles in a decade - Friday, April 21st, 2006
US: Economic ways to tackle obesity: taxation and pricing incentives - Thursday, April 20th, 2006
NZ: Minister’s speech to the food industry - Thursday, April 20th, 2006
US: Children who watch the most TV eat the most junk food - Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Australia: Diet trumps exercise in weight debate - Thursday, April 6th, 2006
NZ: Childrens and food advertising codes released - Thursday, April 6th, 2006
Controlling the obesity epidemic in NZ – NZMJ editorial - Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
NZ: Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in NZ. Write a letter - Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
US: Childhood TV and vides games are a ‘major health issue’ - Monday, April 3rd, 2006
Australia: Junk food ad bill introduced by Democrats - Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
NZ: Do you know what your child is eating for breakfast? - Thursday, March 30th, 2006
NZ: Inquiry into Obesity – PHA Urges Parents To Have Say On Childhood Obesity - Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
NZ: FOE’s petition to Parliament closing - Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
UK: Food companies use the internet to market junk food to children - Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
UK: OfCom proposes limits on children’s TV junk food ads - Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
US: Girls soft drink consumption linked to weight rise - Friday, March 10th, 2006
UK: Traffic light system for food labelling meets oppostion - Friday, March 10th, 2006
Australia: Soft drinks linked to childhood obesity - Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Child obesity levels expected to increase sharply by end of the decade – IOTF - Friday, March 3rd, 2006
Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in NZ. Have your say. - Friday, March 3rd, 2006
UK: New food guidelines means junk food likely to banned in British schools from September - Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
UK: New Bill includes standards on food in schools - Thursday, February 16th, 2006
NZ: Unhealthy food advertising dominates during children’s TV viewing times - Thursday, February 16th, 2006
NZ: Junk food ads dominate during children’s TV viewing times