Health insight and analysis – Page 83
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Comment & Opinion
Get set for digital health
Much of the excitement at the recent CES gadget show in Las Vegas centred on wearable technology…
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Comment & Opinion
The obesity crisis is a personal problem, too
Last week’s recommendations from the Academy of Medical Colleges highlighted the growing obesity crisis in the UK…
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Is employee welfare the next health scare to face the industry?
When I worked at The Grocer, the spotlight was on BSE, e.coli and food colouring…
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After horsegate, value products need better values
No surprise that 15% of 6,221 consumers interviewed by Kantar said they would think twice about buying value ranges…
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After horsegate we need to rethink meat values
The latest scandal to expose the broken nature of our food system is the revelation of horsemeat in ‘value’ burgers…
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Horse meat: Shorter supply chains may help rebuild trust
As the horse meat scandal serves up ever-more shocking revelations, a number of things stand out…
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Category ReportTobacco - going upin smoke?
First the display ban, now rising duty, the threat of plain packs and smokers downtrading. Can the industry fight back?…
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Category ReportE-cigs: safer alternative's sales are soaring
As tobacco continues to feel the heat from legislation and consumer downtrading, one market is doing very nicely…
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Analysis & FeaturesSugar: now a big fat problem for the soft drinks industry?
Under growing assault from the government and health bodies, suppliers will have to work far harder on finding answers…
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New year, new food militancy
As we step into a brave new year, the Food Militant Tendency is out in force….
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A taste for change on healthy eating
Which? has just published new research assessing the progress made by 10 leading food manufacturers and retailers…
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the salt reduction stalemate be resolved in 2013?
2013 could be the year the fragile alliance on health policy between government and industry stretches to breaking point…
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Analysis & FeaturesStaking a claim: will brands respect EFSA's list?
More than four years after the European Food Safety Authority started working…
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Comment & Opinion
Booze price control is no fix
One of the ways in which I contribute to the local community is as a magistrate…
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Labels must help not hinder
Defra has launched a consultation looking to help shoppers make more informed decisions due to food labelling changes….
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Analysis & FeaturesStevia's made a good start, but it's yet to float the UK's boat
For an ingredient dubbed the ‘holy grail’ of sweeteners, stevia has had a mixed…
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Labelling debate is an unhealthy waste of time
Hybrid labelling is beginning to resemble a rather nasty multi-vehicle pile-up at a busy junction. Only last month, the…
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The plain cigarette pack debate... and the Jody Scheckter row
Sir: MSR Newsgroup CEO Mick Garton states that standardised tobacco packaging could put him out of business….
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Racking up trouble on the safety front
In September, a food refrigeration firm was fined £140,000 for failing to protect a workers from a fatal accident….