All Health articles – Page 119
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Comment & OpinionDéjà vu? Unrealistic targets in the UK fight on obesity
No less than 145 voluntary targets looming over different sectors hark back to the Responsibility Deal
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Comment & OpinionHard evidence is much needed in energy drinks policy
A new report found little evidence energy drinks are more damaging to normal children than tea, coffee or cola
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NewsEnergy drink effect on kids overstated, says government report
The government is currently consulting on whether to ban the sale of energy drinks to children
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Comment & OpinionMeat alternatives must shed the salt or shed their ‘health halo’
It didn’t come as a huge surprise to find out some ‘meat alternatives’ aren’t quite as healthy as they’d like to make out
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NewsMeat alternatives 'concealing high salt levels', says study
Action on Salt studied 154 supermarket meat alternative products
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NewsReport says too much time online makes kids want junk food
Researchers found children were online for 16 hours a week and watched 22 hours of television per week
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NewsCost is biggest healthy snacks purchase barrier, finds report
Him report was based on more than 1,500 online shopper interviews
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Analysis & FeaturesWar on obesity: is food and drink being swamped by targets?
Patience is wearing thin with a ‘tsunami’ of government plans
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NewsPies, pizzas & sausages face 'draconian' PHE calorie targets
Under plans set out by PHE, a huge range of products would have to either shrink or reformulate
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NewsCathedral City revamps kids range with Nickelodeon deal
The Dairy Crest brand will showcase Paw Parol, Spongebob Squarepants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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NewsVeg ad campaign to debut on ITV in the new year
The campaign, championed by Food Foundation-led initiative Peas Please, will benefit from £2m-worth of prime-time ad spots
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NewsAldi, Asda and Waitrose sign up to Peas Please veg initiative
The retailers will unveil plans to support the campaign to drive more veg consumption at the Peas Please Veg Summit today
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Comment & OpinionBeware food safety risks when cutting salt, sugar and plastics
Salt and sugar have been used as food preservatives for hundreds of years and there are microbiological risks of reducing them in food, says Professor Chris Elliott
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Analysis & FeaturesPlain stupid: kids' yoghurts unfairly treated over sugar?
Under proposed changes yoghurts could be classed as ‘junk food’
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NewsMars & Snickers bars to get less sugar and more protein
Newly merged Mars Wrigley Confectionery announced this week that the two new SKUs would be available from January
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Category ReportThe halo effect: chocolate category report 2018
Ethical chocolate is suddenly all the rage. But can virtuous brands convince consumers their wares are worth a premium?
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NewsFerrero rapped for Kinder HFSS content aimed at children
The ruling follows a complaint from the Children’s Food Campaign about three websites, an app and a YouTube channel
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Comment & OpinionTom Watson's weight loss proves official healthy diet advice is useless
The deputy Labour leader’s success with the Pioppi diet shows the government’s Eatwell plate has come to the end of the road, says Joanna Blythman
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Jamie Oliver's Tesco role any more than an ad coup?
It may seem a bitter medicine to some but Dave Lewis thinks an Oliver-backed health initiative is preferable to DH intervention
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NewsTreasury voices doubts over DH promotions clampdown
Sources have revealed “serious tensions” between government bean counters and the Department of Health over the plans