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NewsMost kids ‘health bars’ more sugary than Haribo, finds new survey
Action on Sugar attacked retailers and suppliers for marketing processed dried fruit products as ‘healthy snacks’
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Comment & Opinion
How simpler guidelines on calorie reduction can help industry take positive action
PHE has listened to concerns that there is not a level playing field with the eating out, takeaway and delivery sector, says Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist, PHE
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Comment & Opinion
Better education on vaping is needed to keep smoking in decline
There is a growing level of apathy towards the dangers of smoking, says Dan Thomson, UK & Ireland MD at Juul Labs
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Comment & Opinion
Reformulation does not solve the problem of processed convenience foods
Dietary advice should warn against ultra-processed foods, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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News
Obesity strategy risks being waste of time and money, warns NAO report
The NAO said successive governments had done too little to evaluate the success of their interventions in tackling childhood obesity
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PHE waters down ‘unrealistic’ calorie reduction targets
Public Health England today published a long-delayed list of voluntary targets for the sector
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Comment & Opinion
Banning promotions of HFSS food isn’t the way to tackle obesity
Banning promotions on HFSS foods would reduce the choice on shelf and increase prices for shoppers Tackling obesity is an important public health priority, irrespective of economics. Indeed, with increasing evidence of the association between obesity and poorer Covid-19 outcomes, the government is right to want ...
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News
Calls for Nutri-Score to replace traffic light nutrition labels
The National Obesity Forum said it had decided the alternative system was superior
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Analysis & Features
Has traffic light health labelling reached the end of the road?
Could the traffic light labelling system face the chop? And what will replace it?
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Sugar promo ban alone to cost £1.7bn new report shows
The impact of the HFSS promotions ban will be ‘bigger than anything seen before’
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Quinola launches trio of microwave quinoa meals for children
The brand is hoping to offer a healthier alternative to most kids’ options
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Analysis & Features
Where does the scrapping of PHE leave the obesity strategy?
The government is scrapping PHE over its ‘failures’ to handle the pandemic. So what next for the PM’s new war on obesity?
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News
FSA in the frame to handle reformulation strategy
Food Standards Agency a potential contender to take over PHE reformulation strategy
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Comment & Opinion
How could Johnson scrap PHE in the midst of a pandemic?
If reports are to be believed, the PM plans to pull the rug from under Public Health England at a crucial time for the country
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Comment & Opinion
Calorie labelling on booze is much needed – but doesn’t go far enough
Brands need to be clearly labelling everything – calories, carbs, sugar and fats, says Tom Bell, director and founder of SkinnyBooze and SkinnyBrands
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Comment & Opinion
Our underlying epidemic is chronic junk diets. It’s time to eat real food
Our nation’s diet matters – and it reflects our coronavirus deaths, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Turkey Twizzlers return as Bernard Matthews launches ‘healthier’ incarnation
They are launching into the mults this week – with Bernard Matthews looking to reintroduce them to school dinners in future
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Analysis & Features
What will be the impact of the HFSS clampdown?
Health campaigners say government restrictions on HFSS foods are long overdue. Industry claims the costs outweigh the benefits. So will it help?
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News
Pandemic has exposed big weaknesses in UK food system: report
A new study by consultancy Veris Strategies reveals a majority of food industry leaders fear the sector is vulnerable to disruption
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Traffic lights label review mulls front-of-pack health warnings
Ministers are considering adopting elements of a mandatory system pioneered in Chile which uses stark ‘stop’ labels to indicate HFSS foods
