All Health articles – Page 100
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Comment & OpinionChildhood Obesity Plan Mark 2: things are about to get seriously complicated
If Theresa May thought this was an easy policy to pluck off the shelf to win much needed domestic credibility, she may have to think again
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Comment & OpinionReformulation drive is off to a reasonable start
With a third of primary school children and two thirds of adults overweight or obese, obesity is an issue that’s population
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NewsIndustry leaders to challenge ban on 'junk food' promotions
Supplier organisations have engaged lawyers to begin preparing a case, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsFood & drink companies miss PHE sugar reduction targets
Figures released by PHE today showed there had been an overall 2% reduction in sugar from a 2015 baseline, well short of the 5% target for the first year of the programme set in March last year
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Comment & OpinionSugar shaming is off the mark – the out-of-home ‘black hole’ is the real scandal
As the report today sadly confirms, it is all going on unmeasured and unpoliced, while companies who have been responding find their names dragged through the mud, and it makes a mockery of the reformulation programme
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Comment & OpinionUK legislation is lagging behind when it comes to transfats
The WHO estimates transfat consumption is responsible for more than 500,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease every year, so why isn’t the food industry – and the government – taking more action?
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NewsIndustry making good progress on health, claims FDF report
FDF members have cut sugar in the average shopping basket by 12.1% and energy by 5.5% since 2013, it revealed
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Comment & OpinionFat is bad after all, says SACN. So will we see a reformulation drive?
Suppliers may have found it impossible to make a stand against the tide of medical advice on sugar, but with saturated fats there is more division among experts
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NewsSaturated fats review kicks off health expert row
SACN concluded there should be no change in the recommended limit on saturate fat intake, despite several high-profile studies in recent years claiming the advice is out of touch with new evidence on the causes of obesity
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Comment & OpinionCan Peas Please’s generic veg campaign win funding? And will it work?
The timing of the launch could not be more opportune after Defra released its Family Food Survey, which found consumers were purchasing fewer fresh green vegetables in 2016/17 than in 2013
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Comment & OpinionCatching up with the low-sugar zeitgeist
We tend to forget the role of high street coffee chains in fuelling our monstrous sugar addiction
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NewsWaitrose links with Merchant Gourmet for healthy pop-up
The counter will offer healthy fast food and step-by-step recipe cards
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Comment & OpinionBritain's Fat Fight: Hugh F-W kicks off his obesity campaign
Britain’s Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall got off to a sensationalist start
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NewsWaitrose seeks healthy lifestyle tech with JLab 2018 launch
This is the first of three JLab programmes being held in 2018
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks: will new recipes have the halo effect?
Sugar-laden drinks are suddenly public enemy number one. So can healthy, natural recipes rejuvenate the soft drinks industry?
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Comment & OpinionData will be crucial for lower-calorie reformulation
Fighting Britain’s obesity crisis moved up a gear this month when Public Health England’s sugar tax came into force
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NewsPHE lines up tougher measures on obesity
Industry sources said it was looking increasingly likely the government would be reviving proposals jettisoned from David Cameron’s original Childhood Obesity Strategy
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Analysis & FeaturesEight innovative new crisp alternatives
Consumers are choosing lighter options when it comes to savoury snacking, here’s our pick of the best new crisp alternatives
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NewsSainsbury's ditches Classic Coke from meal deals
The move has prompted criticism from shoppers who have argued Sainsbury’s should have simply put the price up
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Category ReportPlaying the game: Soft Drinks Category Report 2018
You’d expect the taxman to have lost a few friends last week when he began levying as much as 24p for every litre of sugar