All Health & obesity articles
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LettersLack of guidance on sodium from PHE is disappointing
Food manufacturers have been waiting for a year on guidance from PHE in regards to the use of sodium
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News
Salt study leads to calls for mandatory reduction targets
Food companies have warned draconian new salt reduction targets will be “impossible” to hit
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News
Businesses urge preparedness plan to deal with potential coronavirus outbreak
The BRC told The Grocer the virus was a “significant risk” to British retailers
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McVitie’s slashes sugar content across range of biscuit brands
The new recipes were “achieved through a careful rebalancing of ingredients to reduce sugar and salt”
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Food companies lash out at ‘impossible’ salt reduction targets
Last week Public Health England revealed proposals that would require companies to slash the amount of salt in products
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Comment & Opinion
Unilever’s ban on children’s advertising is admirable, but will it make a difference?
The move has generated its fair share of positive PR, but there is already strict regulation around advertising to minors
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Comment & Opinion
Are PHE’s new salt reduction targets doomed to fail?
PHE’s new salt targets seem impossible – not least with Brexit preparation to deal with
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News
PHE announces major crackdown on salt levels in everyday food
A government assessment of the 2017 salt reduction targets found just over half had been met by retailers
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Waitrose partners with Vitality for healthy food discounts
The amount of cashback available will be linked with the level of physical activity a member has done
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Peas Please initiative reports success in increasing consumption of vegetables
The initiative was backed by celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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Letters
Artificial sweeteners are a safe and useful tool in fighting obesity
It is critical to tackle obesity and related diseases including diabetes
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Analysis & Features
Are synthetic sweeteners like aspartame more dangerous than sugar?
As health concerns mount and the WHO pens new guidance, there are plenty of questions to answer
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Comment & Opinion
Will Change 4 Life get a much-needed reboot or be axed entirely?
In a bad week for cartoons, the Change 4 Life campaign has been thrown into doubt
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Public Health England calls off January blitz for Change 4 Life
Government health bosses have axed their flagship new year health campaign
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Aldi to complete removal of cartoon characters from cereal boxes
The discounter said today that the characters had already been removed from much of the range and would be gone from the rest by March
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Comment & Opinion
Culling cartoon animals is no panacea for the sugary cereal problem
Waving goodbye to cutesy mascots on the front of packs is a start. But the real problem is what's inside them
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News
Action on Salt renews mandatory reduction targets following bacon study
AOS said the survey showed a worrying lack of progress among supermarkets on salt reduction
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Children’s Food Campaign urges fines for companies that advertise junk food for kids
It comes after the Advertising Standards Authority found that McDonald’s had breached rules
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Government urged not to water down obesity plans after ASA report
Health campaigners have accused advertising bosses of ‘spinning’ the new report
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Comment & Opinion
Exercise calorie labelling: another silly idea to tackle obesity
Calorie content information is helpful, but it isn’t a strong indication of whether food is healthy or not
