The United Kingdom is overhauling school meals by removing high-sugar and deep-fried foods, improving children’s nutrition and helping tackle rising obesity and health risks.
Norway has banned the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to children, aiming to reduce obesity and protect long-term health by reshaping the environments in which young people grow up.
The World Health Organization has added vital treatments for cancer, diabetes, and obesity to its Essential Medicines Lists — a move that will make groundbreaking therapies more widely available worldwide.
In a concerted effort to reduce childhood obesity rates, schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have banned ultra-process foods and replaced them with classic fruits and vegetables.
The number of children in England who have had to receive rotten teeth extractions has fallen significantly following the implementation of a sugar tax.
