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Paediatricians call out unregulated, high sugar and salt baby foods
27 December 2022
RCPCH calls on the UK Government to finally implement mandatory guidelines on the amount of sugar and salt that baby food can contain.
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RCPCH responds to the Chief Medical Officers’ 2022 report on air pollution
8 December 2022
On Thursday, 8 December 2022, the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report was published, focusing this year on the effect of air pollution on health, how it is changing, and solutions across a breadth of industries, including the NHS.
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RCPCH responds to Welsh government's commitments on children and young people
6 December 2022
In October, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales published her annual report.
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RCPCH responds to Lancet findings on recreational screen time
27 September 2018
According to an observational study of more than 4,500 children in the United States, which is published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal today, limiting recreational screen time to less than two hours a day and having sufficient sleep and physical activity are associated with improve...
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RCPCH responds to local authority trailblazer programme announcement
26 September 2018
The Government has announced a new programme to develop local solutions to childhood obesity that can be shared across the country. RCPCH President Professor Russell Viner responds to the news.
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RCPCH responds to CRUK obesity campaign launch
24 September 2018
A new report launched today by Cancer Research UK reveals that obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer among UK women in 25 years' time. RCPCH responds.
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ASA bans Kinder online games and websites for kids
19 September 2018
RCPCH's Dr Max Davie says "this is another example of food manufacturers targeting impressionable children through advertising", and that restrictions must go further by protecting children from junk food adverts online and during on-demand services too.
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Government proposes calorie labelling on restaurant and cafe menus
14 September 2018
The RCPCH responds to the Government's calorie label consultation, saying that it is one important measure aimed at bucking the current obesity trend.
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Businessman donates £50,000 to help tackle indoor air pollution
6 September 2018
The charitable donation will help support the RCPCH, as part of a working group, to study the effects of indoor air pollution on child health and what can be done to combat it.