Health insight and analysis – Page 56
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Comment & Opinion
Snap to it, Kellogg's
Sir, It is a disappointingly slow start for Kellogg’s Better Starts initiative
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Comment & Opinion
The surprising truth about Brits, booze and sugar
Britons incorrectly believe we are in the top three sugar-loving nations, while 60% erroneously put us among the leading trio of boozers
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Comment & Opinion
Insect food for thought: perhaps not for you and me, but what about livestock feed?
So will we all be chowing down on crickets in our tea breaks soon?
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Comment & Opinion
Grocery turns its sights on out-of-home eating in obesity war
Obesity is no different to food waste. If you can’t measure it, you can’t do anything about it, which is why the IGD’s full report on eating out due in January 2018 will be eagerly awaited
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Comment & Opinion
Scottish must work together on obesity
Last week the Scottish government published its bold Diet and Obesity Strategy Consultation…
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Comment & Opinion
Meat movie myths need to be skewered
I might have to donate for a crowdfunded documentary to challenge the attacks on animal foods made in US propaganda…
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Comment & Opinion
Action on Sugar raises 79 fingers to WH Smith’s meal deal health vacuum
Pressure group finds some supermarket meal deals contain as much as 30 teaspoons of sugar, or four times an adult’s daily recommended amount
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Comment & Opinion
The health food boom provides M&A opportunities
Over the past 10 years, the healthy foods market has transitioned from being a niche segment to a full-fledged sector
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Comment & Opinion
Scotland takes a radical approach to obesity – with far-reaching implications
There could be some pretty uncomfortable times ahead for some of the nation’s most loved products - under proposed regulations north of the border
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Comment & Opinion
How can we eat more vegetables? Peas Please and the Veg Pledge
The Food Foundation’s veg summit in London looks at ways we can increase our intake of the good things in life …
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Comment & Opinion
Vegfest showcases world of opportunity for vegan foods and brands
With meat alternative brands gunning for the mainstream, where better way to gauge how far the category has come than the recent Vegfest exhibition?
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Category Report
The whey forward: protein report 2017
Brits are chowing down on 2.2% more protein than they did back in 2013. Now big brands are muscling in
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Comment & Opinion
Take mental health seriously: employee care goes beyond HR
World Mental Health Day occurs annually on 10 October. This year the pledge was centred on mental health in the workplace
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Comment & Opinion
Urgent action is needed to protect coconut water's success
Gert van Manen is arguably the original whistleblower on the coconut water boom
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets have the data to help shoppers eat healthily – but will they listen?
Many experts believe some public health measures are doomed to fail unless supermarkets start favouring products that are less calorific
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Comment & Opinion
Lifting the Lid highlights past and future of Scottish food
For too long, the Scottish diet has become the butt of jokes about deep-fried Mars bars…
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Comment & Opinion
Shrinkflation betrays consumer love for brands
Sir, McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes is the latest in a growing list of brands succumbing to what’s now known as shrinkflation
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Category Report
The future of sweets? Confectionery category report 2017: health
Health lobbyists want tougher regulation on confectionery to cut the toll it takes on public health
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Analysis & Features
End of sugar quotas 'risks health goals'
Britain could be facing a “new era” of low sugar prices with the removal of the quota, claims analyst Investec
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Comment & Opinion
Autumn’s here, and the turmeric latte is upon us
The coffee alternative has plenty of converts in the US, and now a cup of ’golden milk’ is coming to these shores as grab-and-go chains like Pret A Manger include it in its seasonal menu