All Health articles – Page 122
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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
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Comment & OpinionWill the government dance to Jamie and Hugh’s anti-obesity tune?
Oliver is said to have already met the prime mnister and senior ministers to discuss measures that could be brought in as part of an obesity pan
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NewsSoft drinks levy 'should be extended to sugary coffees'
The NOF said the move would encourage OOH outlets to switch to sweeteners rather than sugar
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NewsRetailers raise prices above levels dictated by sugar tax
The tax came into effect on Monday, applying only to drinks leaving bottling plants or registered warehouses from that date
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks brands shrug off sugar tax as shares improve
Our analysis of share price performance across listed groups in the firing line shows double-digit rises for most key players
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Comment & OpinionSugar tax gives us an opportunity to be responsible
Friday saw the start of the widely debated soft drinks sugar tax