Childhood Obesity Strategy
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Children eating five times more sugar in summer months
Children are eating five times their recommended daily sugar allowance during summer, new figures show. The poll, carried out by…
Oral health
Food industry challenged to reduce sugar in its products by 20%
Public Health England has challenged the food industry to cut sugar in its products by 20% by 2020. It has suggested that…
Oral health
The changing face of dentistry
The future of dentistry will move responsibility away from the associates to the contract holders, Michael Watson says. Last week NHS…
Dentistry
‘We’re on our own’ after childhood obesity strategy fails to tackle oral health issues
Michael Watson says the profession is on its own after the childhood obesity strategy failed to prioritise oral health. Aesop’s…
Dentistry
Sugar tax gets go ahead while Childhood Obesity Strategy labelled ‘absolute disaster’
The sugar tax has been included in the Childhood Obesity Strategy, while whole sections of the draft have been dropped. The…
Oral health