All Health articles – Page 121
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Comment & OpinionCheap junk food will only worsen the health woes of Britain's poorest
You can’t solve poverty with bad food, says Joanna Blythman
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NewsObesity Plan Mark 2: government considers HFSS promotions ban
Ministers announced they would pass legislation to ban so-called supermarket guilt lanes and buy one get one free deals
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Comment & OpinionThe Fast Fix: can ultra low-calorie diets tackle diabetes?
Could an ultra low-calorie diet reverse Type 2 diabetes and save the NHS billions of pounds?
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NewsPHE to reconsider name and shame tactics in war on sugar
Last month the DH body revealed the industry had failed to hit its sugar reduction target
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NewsBidfood cuts sugar in 27 lines in efforts to meet PHE targets
Bidfood has reduced the sugar in its Everyday Favourites ice cream range by 23%
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NewsVeg Power ad fund hits £100k crowdfunding target
The Food Foundation initiative to create a generic advertising campaign has hit its funding target
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NewsAsda online hires Foodmaestro to add raft of dietary filters
The function will be available across Asda online groceries from tomorrow
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Comment & OpinionPM must take decisive action on HFSS products
While we welcome PHE’s first assessment of progress on the government’s sugar reduction programme, much more must be done…
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Comment & OpinionShots fired in row over ‘junk food’ promotions ban
In an outspoken attack, Ian Wright described the proposals as “government at its worst”
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NewsFDF boss says plans for 'junk food' promotions ban is 'government at its worst'
Delivering the Campden BRI Day lecture, Ian Wright said he’d been ‘shocked’ at ministers’ disregard for consumer choice
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Comment & OpinionThe ‘guilt lane’ ban idea is back: it won’t bother retailers
Is the renewed focus on guilt lanes a sign that ministers may yet back away from pressing the nuclear button on promotions across every part of the store?
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Analysis & FeaturesConvenience stores: A desert for healthy options?
No longer content to be an oasis of fags and booze, c-stores are upping their game in the health stakes. But there is plenty of work left to do
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NewsMPs back calls for major clampdown on 'junk food' promotions
Regulation was needed to tackle the ‘appalling’ obesity crisis, the health and social care committee said today
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NewsKFC pledges to cut calories by introducing healthier menu
KFC also plans to provide price incentives as part of trials to try to get consumers to switch to healthier sides
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Comment & OpinionA long battle looms over food & drink health plans
The honeymoon between PHE and the food and drink industry may have to be put on hold
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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