All Health articles – Page 176
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NewsFruit and veg sales tumble as health push falls on deaf ears
Fruit and veg consumption has continued to fall in the UK, with Brits buying 0.9% less in 2010 than they did the previous year.
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Morrisons warning on free-range disease risk
Morrisons has called on its free-range eggs suppliers to take action against disease after research suggested free-range systems might be more vulnerable than cages.
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Comment & Opinion
At last, some palatable diet advice
Slimmers blame themselves for lacking willpower and self-control, but might the explanation for failure lie elsewhere?
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News'Limited evidence' of Change4Life price cuts
Government claims about the cost of healthy foods have been called into question by an investigation by The Grocer.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood-borne diseases: the danger within
We’ve made huge progress in understanding food-borne diseases, but the journey is far from over.
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NewsFSA proposes a lighter touch for inspections
Lighter touch regulation has been promised if retailers and suppliers sign up to new rules on transparency over food safety.
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NewsSelfridges raw milk dispenser could be shut
A new raw milk dispenser at Selfridges’ flagship store may have to be removed after the FSA claimed sale of the milk contravened food hygiene legislation.
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A Light at Heart way to halve sugar intake
Tate & Lyle is claiming its newest product - a blend of sugar and herbal extract stevia - halves the sugar consumers need to use.
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Comment & Opinion
My festive wish-list for how government could help suppliers
What I want for Christmas is for Whitehall to draw up a coherent obesity strategy
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NewsTesco trials screens ahead of ban on tobacco display
Tesco is gearing up for next year’s tobacco display ban by trialling screens across the front of tobacco kiosks.
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News‘Water may prevent dehydration – but that’s not a disease’
The EU has not banned the industry from claiming that water prevents dehydration – contrary to this week’s press reports.
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NewsHeinz ‘committed’ to cutting health scare chemical BPA
Heinz has vowed to further reduce its use of a chemical at the centre of a canned soup health scare.
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Comment & Opinion
Ditching analysis will fix nothing
Councils need detailed scrutiny of the obesity problem to help tackle it
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NewsHow seriously has this week’s food scare damaged Premier?
Having shown tentative signs of recovery, Premier Foods is now being forced to confront the manufacturer’s “nightmare scenario”, says Hannah Stodell
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Fast food outlets ‘are as bad as strip clubs’
Food outlets have been branded as much of a “public nuisance” as strip clubs, as Birmingham City Council proposed strict measures to curb the number of takeaways.
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NewsForecourts close gap with mults in fight against underage sales
Forecourt retailers are catching up with supermarkets in enforcing ID checks for cigarettes and alcohol, a survey seen exclusively by The Grocer reveals.
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News‘Nudging isn’t working’: MPs round on Responsibility Deal
MPs have launched a scathing attack on the government’s Responsibility Deal, branding voluntary agreements with the food and drink trade inadequate.
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Comment & Opinion
Fixing the obesity epidemic is as hard as fixing the euro
The coalition wants to nudge, but the nannying instinct is still strong, as reaction to the Department of Health’s proposals last week proved.
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Comment & Opinion
Chewing the fat
When Hungary launched a fat tax in the summer it was greeted as much as a chance for witty headlines as a serious proposition for us Brits.
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NewsCalorie counting won’t work, warns industry
The food industry is on collision course with the government over Andrew Lansley’s plans to tackle the obesity crisis, The Grocer can reveal. Insiders negotiating on the next stage of the Responsibility Deal claimed this week that the…