Change4Life Aims to Get Children Eating Healthy Snacks in New £4.5m Campaign

Change4Life Aims to Get Children Eating Healthy Snacks in New £4.5m Campaign

 Public Health England (PHE) is helping parents take control of their children’s snacking by launching the first Change4Life campaign promoting healthier snacks. This is because half of children’s sugar intake, currently around 7 sugar cubes a day, comes from unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks , leading to obesity and dental decay. Each year children […]

UK Government Launches Hackathon to Help Solve Child Obesity

UK Government Launches Hackathon to Help Solve Child Obesity

Public Health England (PHE) has launched its first hackathon in Manchester, inviting developers to come up with apps and other digital services to encourage healthy living in children. The initiative follows the success of PHE’s Change4Life campaign in January, centring on an app which measures how much sugar is contained in day-to-day products. Four months […]