Health news – Page 15
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NewsUltra-processed food: government-funded project to ask households for views
The results will feed into the government’s National Food Strategy
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NewsOnken launches kids’ yoghurts with only three ingredients
The range includes two variants, Raspberry & Banana and Blueberry, Blackberry & Banana, and comes in a smooth texture with ‘no bits’
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NewsNestlé Lindahls launches multichannel animation campaign
It is a stop-motion style campaign and is designed to show the brand as an ‘encouraging and supportive mentor of all fitness journeys’
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NewsMost egg shoppers would leave a shop to buy cage-free option
The study found that 61% of adults would either go elsewhere or refuse to buy eggs altogether if eggs from cage-free hens were not available
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NewsTesco offers free blood pressure checks to back BHF campaign
Tesco said it aims to help with the BHF’s campaign to ‘Keep hearts beating this Heart Month’ throughout February
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NewsYeo Valley launches protein campaign with modern pentathlete ambassador and Garmin
The campaign highlights yoghurt’s role in muscle recovery, sustained energy and post-workout nutrition
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News‘Junk food’ ad ban to outlaw imagery, graphics and cartoons
The Advertising Standards Authority announced it was launching a new month-long consultation on its plans, amid threats of legal action by food companies
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NewsM&S to launch ‘Punishment Juice’
It is thought it will be framed as beneficial for health and fitness, despite one possible interpretation being that drinking it is punishment
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NewsParents overpaying by £300 a year on infant formula, CMA finds
The regulator launched its investigation in 2023 after finding manufacturers had raised prices by as much as 36%
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NewsNational Food Strategy recruiting ‘industry experts’ as sector council faces axe
It is understood the birth of the new expert panel could also spell the end for the Food & Drink Sector Council
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NewsJunk food ad ban facing legal challenge from food companies
The Advertising Association and other bodies have warned the plans to ban junk food ads would inhibit the ability for companies to advertise healthy products
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NewsFormer M&S sustainability chief Mike Barry launches new food systems transformation project
Barry was known as the brains behind the supermarket’s sustainability strategy, Plan A
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NewsOmni wins backing on Dragons’ Den for plant-based dogfood brand
Founders Guy Sandelowsky and Shiv Sivakumar agreed to a joint investment from Deborah Meaden and Steven Bartlett in return for a 2.5% equity stake, valuing the business at £3m
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NewsRiverford Organic Farmers doubles profits as Brits demand sustainable veg
The veg box company grew turnover 11% back to its Covid high water mark
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NewsMedia Bites 6 February: interest rates, M&S and Brexit, Tesco eyeing Post Office branches
Interest rates look likely to fall today due to a sluggish economy and a softening in the labour market
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NewsAbel & Cole launches 15 Plants Boxes to help consumers eat 30 plants a week
The contents of each box will change each week and they are designed to be enjoyed together so consumers can reach the 30 plants a week health goal
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NewsCity snapshot: Obesity drug Wegovy up 50% plus fruit & veg sales soar
Its a healthy morning as Novo Nordisk says sales of its obesity drug, Wegovy, rose 57% last year while Brits are buying more fruit & veg to stay healthy and keep costs down
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NewsBanned German meat imports ’entered the UK for a week’ despite foot and mouth outbreak
A glitch in the government’s post-Brexit imports platform allowed high-risk goods to enter the country a week after a foot and mouth outbreak alert was raised
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NewsTesco slow cooker donations help kids in fruit & veg scheme
The donations are the latest phase of the £4m Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools programme
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NewsYuka health app launches petition for aspartame ban amid cancer links
Yuka said it planned to use consumer power to force the hand of governments across Europe and the UK