Health insight and analysis – Page 78
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Comment & OpinionSugar - a taxing issue
The headlines on sugar are not about to go away - but is a ‘sugar tax’ really on the cards?
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Comment & OpinionWe need clearer targets on sugar
New research from Which? has highlighted that sugar levels can be surprisingly high in some ready meals…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs appetite waning for the Responsibility Deal?
Signs are emerging that both government and industry are growing sick of the Responsibility Deal…
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Comment & OpinionJoanna Blythman blasts refusal to update dietary advice
What, exactly, is the government’s healthy eating advice based on?…
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Comment & OpinionResponsibility Deal needs a big picture
The latest update on the Responsibility Deal reveals some impressive pledges - but it needs to shout louder.
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Comment & OpinionMixed messages on sugar
There are so many people gunning for sugar at the moment it’s difficult to keep up. This week, a professor argued warning labels should be slapped on sugary drinks…
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Comment & OpinionTesco's sweet spot
Tesco’s move to drop sweets from checkouts in its smaller stores is a big, bold step that sets it apart from the majority of its grocery rivals.
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Comment & Opinion
Look to your laurels and dial down the sweetness
Fair play to Tesco. It may be in a pickle but it doesn’t lack ambition…
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Analysis & FeaturesHalal meat labelling: No quick fix in sight
Halal meat is in the headlines yet again. And there is one clear message: post-Horsegate, consumers want better information about meat.
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco war on sugar now targets artificial sweeteners
Tesco is playing a major supporting role in making sugar public enemy number one…
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Comment & OpinionLabour plans to micro-manage our diets - it won't work
The nanny state, like an old comic opera, is about to have a revival…
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Comment & OpinionGluten-free market bursting with potential says Mrs Crimble's
The UK gluten-free market is now worth over £175m and saw the highest number of launches of any food category last year…
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Comment & OpinionFood poverty alarm call
Last week, 170 public health doctors and specialists wrote an open letter on food poverty to the PM…
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Analysis & FeaturesDrinks industry action under Responsibility Deal scrutinised
When wines and spirits have got stronger, how genuine is the drinks industry’s achievement in slashing 253 million units?…
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Analysis & FeaturesPudology: Hitting the sweet spot in free-from desserts
Forced by health issues to change her diet and career, Lucy Wager developed free-from brand Pudology…
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Comment & Opinion
Traffic lights are still confusing consumers
It’s good to see more suppliers supporting the government’s attempts to improve food labelling…
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Comment & OpinionHelp shoppers decode confusing health claims
Back in 2001, a Food Advisory Committee report highlighted the confusion over food labelling…
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Comment & OpinionThe food industry must take more responsibility for kids' diets
This September, one in five children starting primary school in the UK will be officially overweight or obese…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Tesco's food labelling policy completely nuts?
Retailer insists it warns only when there is risk of contamination…
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Comment & OpinionWith fizzy pop, sugar is only half the story
Fizzy lemonade is the perfect pop for a recession: cheap, sweet, inoffensive, and a good mixer too…