Junk Food Ad Ban Legislation Progresses to Curb Childhood Obesity

Children will no longer be exposed to TV adverts for junk food products as new law set out confirms the final details of advertising restrictions. Ads on television will only be allowed past the 9pm watershed from October 2025 as part of plans to curb childhood obesity.

Children’s Activity Levels Remain Stable But Significant and Sustained Action Required

Children and young people’s activity levels have been maintained and remained stable across the 2023-24 academic year. Sport England’s latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey Report shows that 47.8% of children are meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines of taking part in an average of 60 minutes or more of sport and physical activity every day.

The PE Puberty Precipice

New research released on International Day of the Girl by children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust, highlights the deepening crisis of confidence girls face when they hit puberty, and the increasing impact of this on their physical activity levels and wellbeing throughout their teenage years and into adulthood.