Health insight and analysis – Page 65
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Comment & OpinionTake 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 & OpinionUrgent 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 & OpinionSupermarkets 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 & OpinionLifting 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 & OpinionShrinkflation 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 ReportThe 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 & FeaturesEnd 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 & OpinionAutumn’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
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Comment & OpinionMissing vital ingredients
Why what we think of as nutritious food may be a lot less so than we realise…
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Comment & OpinionCelebrity vegans will boost diet popularity – but beware the whitewash
News that racing driver Lewis Hamilton has converted to veganism may have met with ridicule in some quarters, but he is part of a growing trend that appeals to those seeking a more healthy lifestyle
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Analysis & Features10 yoghurts which would fall foul of the PHE calorie cap
PHE has finalised a proposed portion cap for a single-serve yoghurt of 120kcal based on a sales weighted average, with a 175kcal maximum
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Comment & OpinionAbandon the moral high ground! We need positivity around food
Forget about fads, says Camilla Barnard of Rude Health. Time to rediscover the ‘Eat Everything with Friends and Family’ diet
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s squash star critics aren’t seeing the bigger picture
Commentators are vexed that Tesco is encouraging food waste and that cutting veg into cutesy shapes undermines efforts to educate kids on food and healthy eating
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Comment & OpinionFrom sea water to yeast flakes: three ways chefs are reducing salt in their dishes
Development chef Zoe Simons looks at what techniques and ingredients chefs are using to give dishes a salty hit while keeping salt levels low
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Comment & OpinionPsychology and sugar
Sir, Nearly half of us are ‘on the journey’ to reducing our sugar consumption
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Analysis & FeaturesSweets and crisps brands increase use of multibuy promotions
Cancer Research UK last week renewed calls for supermarket multibuy offers on ‘junk food’ to be restricted
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Comment & OpinionSalt, sugar & fat colour coding encourages food fear culture
Sir, It is insulting people’s intelligence to think they need colour codes for salt, sugar and fat on the front of pack…
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Comment & OpinionA kneejerk reaction isn't responsibility
Last week, a number of cereal manufacturers came under fire for not being transparent about how sugary their products real
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Comment & OpinionWe should be wary of the constant mixed signals over booze
August ‘silly season’ is upon us
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Comment & OpinionNo brand is too premium for clear labelling
While brands such as Kellogg’s and Weetabix have adopted the green, amber and red for sugar content the likes of Jordans, Eat Natural and Dorset Cereals have yet to follow suit …