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Action on Salt @actiononsalt

Working to lower population salt intake to 6g a day #EatLessSalt

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Action on Salt@actiononsalt
29 Nov 2024
We are moving!! ➡️🙌 You can now find us @ActionSaltSugar We will continue to post all Action on Salt info on there 👀 This account will remain monitored for 4 months
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New report by @nesta_uk @HenryDimbleby & @DollyvanT draws on interviews with multiple senior politicians to highlight exactly HOW the UK Government can bring impactful change to food policy and why it has failed in the past 👇 nesta.org.uk/report/nourishi…
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Hospital admissions for strokes have risen 28% in 20 years Those of working age (50-59) up by 55%! Prevention is 🔑: - lower salt intake - limit alcohol - stop smoking - regular physical activity - get blood pressure checked regularly ActFAST nhs.uk/conditions/stroke/sym…

Symptoms of a stroke

Symptoms of a stroke include drooping on one side of the face, weakness in the arm and slurred speech. Call 999 if you think someone's having a stroke.

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Startling rise in strokes among Brits "These figures are shocking...the causes of stroke [high blood pressure poor diet] are largely preventable..." We couldn't agree more @wesstreeting - which is why a strong salt reduction programme is so key! mol.im/a/14095501

Now yet another deadly disease is surging in young people, experts say

Data shows more than 12,500 people in theirs 50s suffered the potentially fatal condition in 2023/24. By comparison the figure stood at just over 8,000 in 2004/2005.

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Great work by @LBofHounslow to implement a policy to stop misleading & inappropriate marketing of commercial baby foods. Comments from @UKSustain & @1stepsnutrition sustainweb.org/news/nov24-ho… sustainweb.org/news/nov24-ho…
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Action on Salt@actiononsalt
14 Nov 2024
Here is @HLFoodObesity key actions for government, and when they expect it. Government response to the report is due in January - a lot to digest. Will there finally be some action to fix our broken food system?
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At Portcullis House today for the @HLFoodObesity launch of their report Recipe for Health. With speakers @SheilaDillon @Jeanelleuk @ADPHUK @BiteBack2030 Full house!
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For too long food industries have been allowed to dictate our health. The time for change is now. Our #RecipeForChange open letter with >30 health bodies calls on Govt to go further & faster to reduce salt & sugar in food industry products. Full letter 👉buff.ly/4fzdtZQ
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Nesta@nesta_uk
3 Nov 2024
New analysis: it is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade, if governments implement the most effective high impact, low cost solutions. Today we launch Nesta's blueprint for halving obesity: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11… @camillahmturner @Telegraph

Deliveroo and UberEats face ban on junk food ads amid crackdown on obesity

Raft of policy proposals aim to halve obesity in the next five years including a ban on offers and healthy food targets for supermarkets

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The Food Foundation
@Food_Foundation
6 Nov 2024
📣 The lack of progress by policymakers to tackle childhood #obesity highlighted by our Our Policy and Advocacy Manager @Shona_Goudie in @thetimes ⬇️ thetimes.com/article/5f12fce…

One in ten children obese by the time they start school

Childhood obesity is more than twice as likely in those from deprived areas, new government figures reveal

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THREE great papers out @TheLancetPH 1. Our colleague @_moniquetan @CphpQmul building the case for mandatory #salt targets shorturl.at/nHxhq 2. @MarklundMatti Kathy Trieu modelling study on health and cost savings of mandating sodium benchmarks in Australia India 👏
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Recipe for Change responds to the 2024 Autumn Budget recipeforchange.org.uk/news-…

Recipe for Change responds to the 2024 Autumn Budget | Recipe for Change

Recipe for Change welcomes the announcements in the Budget today that the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will be strengthened after six years, introducing important and long-planned first steps towards...

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🪙The Soft Drinks Industry Levy has finally been increased in line with inflation after 6 yrs. We welcome this, & other announcements on SDIL today and urge Gov to invest this additional money into kid's health. Read the full Recipe for Change response👇 recipeforchange.org.uk/news-…

Recipe for Change responds to the 2024 Autumn Budget | Recipe for Change

Recipe for Change welcomes the announcements in the Budget today that the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will be strengthened after six years, introducing important and long-planned first steps towards...

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💼Autumn Budget Announcement 💼 Soft Drinks Industry Levy to rise in line with inflation After 6 years at the same rate, this is a logical step for Labour gov to take 👏 Hopefully a promising sign of more to come under @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @wesstreeting @GwynneMP
Chamber UK
@ChamberVoice
30 Oct 2024
'Maintain the incentive to give up smoking' 'Increase the soft drinks industry levy' To raise nearly £1 billion by the end of this year
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Chamber UK
@ChamberVoice
30 Oct 2024
'Maintain the incentive to give up smoking' 'Increase the soft drinks industry levy' To raise nearly £1 billion by the end of this year
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Health and Social Care Committee
@CommonsHealth
29 Oct 2024
The following MPs have been appointed to the Health and Social Care Committee and its business can now begin. Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/com…
The following MPs have been appointed to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee: Danny Beales MP. Ben Coleman MP. Dr Beccy Cooper MP. Deidre Costigan MP. Jen Craft MP. Josh Fenton-Glynn MP. Andrew George MP. Paulette Hamilton MP. Joe Robertson MP. Gregory Stafford MP.

ALT The following MPs have been appointed to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee: Danny Beales MP. Ben Coleman MP. Dr Beccy Cooper MP. Deidre Costigan MP. Jen Craft MP. Josh Fenton-Glynn MP. Andrew George MP. Paulette Hamilton MP. Joe Robertson MP. Gregory Stafford MP.

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🌱📢Did you hear the Committee’s Chair, Baroness Walmsley, discussing the findings of our report on fixing our food system on @BBCRadio4? 🍏📻 You can listen back here (from 06:45): Today in Parliament - 25/10/2024 - BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00244…
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In amongst the general reluctance from food businesses to acknowledge their role on our health, you find a💎 This isn't the first time Nomad Foods has stood out - they've shown change can happen successfully, with their non-HFSS Goodfellas pizzas 👏👏 theguardian.com/business/202…

Force food firms to disclose products’ health ratings, industry boss urges

Exclusive: Stéfan Descheemaeker of Nomad Foods says mandatory rules could help kickstart ‘nutrition arms race’

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The report does not call for complete removal of sugar & salt from products They can play structural roles, but often companies add unnecessary, excessive amounts. Encouraging all businesses to improve the foods they produce will have substantial benefits to public health.
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