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NEWS 2006
- Friday, December 29th, 2006
NZ: Bluebird chippies ad withdrawn - Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
NZ: Full sugar fizzy and energy drinks to be removed from secondary schools - Friday, December 8th, 2006
Alarming increase in diabetes in children worldwide - Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Canada: Government Inquiry into Childhood Obesity reports back - Monday, November 27th, 2006
UK: Healthy Start voucher scheme launched nationwide - Friday, November 24th, 2006
UK: Kids bombarded with junk food marketing – report from Which? - Friday, November 17th, 2006
UK: Ofcom restricts TV advertising of junk food to children - Thursday, November 16th, 2006
European nations sign anti-obesity charter - Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
Australia: Abbott says soft drinks are major contributor to childhood obesity - Friday, November 10th, 2006
Australia: Survey finds toddlers raised on junk food - Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
NZ: Food industry recommends voluntary food labelling system - Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
NZ: Walking off the burger - Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Australia: Food labelling confusion - Friday, October 27th, 2006
Australia: Traffic-lights for food labels? - Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
International Obesity Task Force report outlines obesity prevention strategy - Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
NZ: ERO not planning to check school lunch boxes - Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
NZ: Households ‘spending more on sweets than fruit’ - Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Australia: Obesity causing disease in teens - Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
NZ: Police dump McDonald’s school road safety campaign - Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Australia: Cost effective ways to reduce childhood obesity – the ACE project - Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Australia: New code for advertising to children criticised - Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
NZ: More fruit in schools - Monday, October 16th, 2006
Australia: Victoria bans sweets and fatty foods in schools - Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Australia: Obesity crisis costs billions every year - Friday, October 13th, 2006
NZ: Battle about childhood obesity fought in the Dominion Post - Monday, October 9th, 2006
UK: Support for tough rules on TV junk food ads - Friday, October 6th, 2006
UK: Does physical activity prevent obesity in young children? - Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
UK: Huge support for a ban on TV junk food advertising to children before 9:00 pm - Monday, September 25th, 2006
NZ: Children sent text message ads for junk food - Thursday, September 21st, 2006
NZ: Government announces $67m package to tackle obesity in young people - Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
NZ: Nutrition fund to boost healthy food in schools announced - Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
NZ: Big new roading ‘bad for health’ - Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
US: Childhood obesity prevention progress – IOM report - Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
US: Overweight Toddlers Often Become Overweight 12-year-olds - Friday, August 25th, 2006
UK: Obesity predictions in England to 2010 - Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Australia: Is the food industry killing us? - Thursday, August 24th, 2006
NZ: Effectiveness of food industry accord challenged - Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Australia: Community weight loss programme for children a big success – Colac study - Sunday, August 20th, 2006
Australia: Obesity: What politicians should do - Friday, August 18th, 2006
US: Does fast food advertising contribute to obesity? - Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
NZ: APPLE project ups children’s physical activity levels - Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Australia: Junk food ads target kids – research - Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
US: Food websites target children – report - Thursday, July 13th, 2006
Can ‘economic instruments’ such as taxes and price incentives reduce obesity? - Friday, July 7th, 2006
NZ: Children’s TV viewing habits contribute to obesity – report - Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
NZ: Obesity epidemic blamed for rise in type 2 diabetes in adults and teens - Thursday, June 15th, 2006
US: Food marketing to children and youth – Commentary on Institute of Medicine report - Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
NZ: What are our preschoolers eating? Disturbing findings - Thursday, June 1st, 2006
NZ: Get fizzy drink out of school says Minister - Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
NZ: Govt obesity campaign could save thousands of lives – Minister