Calorie labelling linked to 2% average reduction in energy content of menu items

Changes primarily due to swapping in slightly lower calorie items, rather than reformulation Likely to have “moderate to limited” impact on population health, conclude researchers Calorie labelling, which became law in April 2022 in England, is associated with only a small (2%) average reduction in the energy content of food ...

2025-10-08T12:47:48+00:008 October 2025|BMJ Public Health, Press release|

Lack of soap most reported barrier to effective hand hygiene in shared community spaces

Efforts to improve handwashing don’t always include basics of access to soap + water Lack of hand hygiene causes annual 740,000 deaths from diarrhoea or respiratory infections  But despite global recognition of its importance governments slow to act on hand hygiene A lack of soap is the most often reported ...

2025-09-17T13:46:38+00:0017 September 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Taste and price, not calories, key drivers for online takeaway orders, survey suggests

These orders tend to be favoured by younger adults and those living with obesity Limited impact of calorie labelling calls for extra strategies to promote healthier food choices Taste and price, rather than calorie content, seem to be the key considerations for those ordering takeaways online, despite calorie labelling legislation ...

New term for systematic, deliberate attacks on healthcare as acts of war: ‘healthocide’

Call out weaponisation of health and healthcare, medical practitioners urged  Silence implies complicity in direct contravention of humanitarian law and medical ethics  The deliberate destruction of health services and systems as an act of war should be termed ‘healthocide’ and medical practitioners should call out and stand firm against this ...

2025-08-06T16:09:00+00:006 August 2025|BMJ Global Health, Press release|

Junk food ‘avoids advertising regulation’ with top level UK sports sponsorship

Brands including Cadbury, Walkers, Kellogg’s, and Coca-Cola have more than 90 ongoing partnerships with sporting stars, teams, and organisations Experts say junk food sponsorship of sports should be banned to protect children’s health Junk food firms have more than 90 current sponsorship deals within top UK sports amid growing concerns ...

2025-07-10T09:12:40+00:0010 July 2025|Press release, The BMJ|
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