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• Members discuss tackling childhood obesity in first full meeting of the Scottish Obesity Alliance

  40 representatives from leading health charities, medical royal colleges, campaign groups and professional bodies with an interest in public health come together in the first full meeting of members of the Scottish Obesity Alliance.
• Consultation Response: National Transport Strategy

  Our Consultation Response to the Scottish Government’s proposals for National Transport Strategy.
• Guest blog: A patient voice on obesity prevention

  Audrey Roberts, Vice Chair for the European Coalition for People Living with Obesity (ECPO) and Scottish representative for Obesity UK, writes about the importance of a patient voice in obesity prevention and using #PeopleFirst language.
• Our Comment on the Government's Programme for Scotland 2019-20

  We are delighted that there is a commitment to legislate on restricting food promotions in the Government's Programme for Scotland 2019-20.
• Scottish Obesity Alliance calls on First Minister to introduce regulation to restrict price promotions to curb obesity crisis

  Members of the Scottish Obesity Alliance have written to the First Minister to urge the Scottish Government to restrict price promotions on food and drink products high in fat, sugar and salt.
• Protect our young from junk food advertising

  Our Consultation Response to the UK Government’s proposals for further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, sugar and salts (HFSS) on tv and online.