News and reflexions about change for good
Expertos del Reino Unido, Estados Unidos y Canadá han lanzado la campaña 'Action on Sugar' (Acción contra el Azúcar) para sensibilizar contra el excesivo consumo de azúcar, ya que la consideran como el 'nuevo tabaco', y como una de las causas de los índices de obesidad y del alto riesgo de sufrir diabetes.
A new global campaign will bring together experts and policy makers to tackle the current global epidemic of obesity and diabetes by reducing 'unnecessarily high' levels of sugar in food and beverage products.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and McDonald’s released an updated agreement that clarifies that the chain will indeed phase out listing soda on the kids’ meal section of its menu boards. Taking soda off the Happy Meal section of menu boards at McDonald’s is an important step toward healthier kids meals and healthier children. It is a step that should be immediately adopted by Burger King, Wendy’s, and other restaurants.
La Ministra de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Ana Mato, y el Consejero Delegado de ATRESMEDIA, Silvio González, han firmado un convenio de colaboración que tiene como objetivo desarrollar acciones de sensibilización y concienciación en materia de prevención de la obesidad infantil. Este convenio tendrá como marco de actuación EL ESTIRÓN, la iniciativa de Responsabilidad Corporativa de ATRESMEDIA que nació en mayo de 2011.
Public health campaigns that stigmatize obese people by using negative images or text do not motivate them to lose weight any more than more neutral campaigns, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. In fact, negative campaigns may backfire by undermining a person's belief that he or she is capable of losing weight.
Teniendo en cuenta que la que la cifra de niños con exceso de peso en España ya empieza a superar a la de Estados Unidos, el presidente de la Fundación Thao, Henri García, apuesta por programas de prevención y concienciación sobre una alimentación saludable y un fomento del ejercicio físico desde la más temprana edad, en el que tanto padres como profesionales deben estar totalmente implicados.
En France un enfant sur cinq serait touché par le surpoids. Problème alimentaire, manque d’activités : il est parfois difficile d’inverser la tendance pour les parents. Les médecins de l’ASEF ont mené une enquête auprès de plus de 910 écoliers pour faire le point sur leur alimentation et les sensibiliser aux liens entre leur assiette et leur santé. 
El exceso de peso en la población infantil sigue siendo un tema preocupante. Según un estudio realizado en 20.588 niños de distintos municipios españoles, el 21,2% sufre sobrepeso y el 7,1%, obesidad. En los más pequeños, aquellos que tienen entre tres y cinco años, más de uno de cada cinco tiene exceso de peso (el 5,7%, con obesidad y el 16,2%, con sobrepeso).
Coca-Cola ha lanzado en España el segundo spot publicitario de la campaña ¿Y si nos levantamos? en el que invita a "levantarse" contra las estadísticas que auguran un alto grado de sedentarismo y obesidad para el año 2030. 
Researchers say they can predict a newborn baby's odds of becoming an obese child using a simple new calculation.
Center for Science in the Public Interest organize a campaign in Internet to urge Nickelodeon to follow Disney's lead and stop advertising junk food to children.
The American Heart Association has published a statement suggesting that social media might be an effective tool in the fight against childhood obesity.
After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines.
Amanda S. Bruce, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas Medical Center assessed 10 healthy weight and 10 obese children, ages 10-14 years, using both self-reported measures of self-control and functional magnetic resonance imaging, which uses blood flow as a measure of brain activity. Dr. Bruce states, “We were interested in how brain responses to food logos would differ between obese and healthy weight children.” The children were shown 60 food logos and 60 nonfood logos, and functional magnetic resonance imaging scans indicated which sections of the brain reacted to the familiar logos being shown.
An article in Pediatric Obesity show how the authors investigated whether either of two priming tactics – the priming of a role model's food choices or the priming of healthy foods – could influence children to make healthier fast food choices.
Center for Science in the Public Interest ha publicado un video sobre los estragos que puede causar un consumo excesivo de gaseosa llamado The Real Bears (Los verdaderos osos), en clara referencia a los populares osos polares de los anuncios de Coca Cola.
New Anti-Obesity Ads Blaming Overweight Parents Spark Criticism
The ads were created by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
"Our intent in creating these ads was really just to show good parents having moments of realization that they needed to change their own behavior in order to send the right message to their kid," Marc Manley says (Vice President and Chief Pevention Officer)
He says, the problem of obesity in Minnesota and nationwide is so tough, they needed a new, more dramatic approach.
Three new studies, conducted by researchers in Boston and elsewhere, demonstrate how much sugar-sweetened beverages can expand our waistlines and provide strong evidence in favor of government policies to curb consumption of soft drinks and fruit juices in schools.
According to a new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale, the public responds more favorably to obesity-related health campaigns that emphasize specific health behaviors and personal empowerment for health, rather than messages that imply personal blame and stigmatize those who are obese.