All Health articles – Page 179
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Justin King brands industry’s obesity stance ‘disgraceful’
Justin King has launched an astonishing tirade against advocates of front-of-pack GDAs describing the food and drink industry's failure to engage with the health and obesity agenda as "disgraceful". The Sainsbury's CEO, who infuriated the...
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NewsSecond Opinion: How 'progress' is making us fat
It will take more than education or legislation to halt the obesity slide, says Tim Lang
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NewsNew NHS fat ad 'will give kids anorexia'
The latest Change4Life ad has come under fire from a leading eating disorder charity for pushing “unhelpful” health messages. Susan Ringwood, chief executive of eating disorder charity Beat, said although advice to eat sensible portions was…
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Welcome for cafe calorie counting
Sir, Will Monday’s announcement by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo that fast-food and café chains will start displaying calorie counts on menus make any difference to growing levels of obesity?
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The fat controller
The WeightWatchers UK boss wants to tackle obesity - with the help of the supermarkets. Alex Beckett reports
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Dismay as FSA confirms profiling protein cap is here to stay
Industry figures have reacted with dismay to the news that the Food Standards Agency is retaining the so-called ‘protein cap’ used by Ofcom to restrict food advertising targeting children.
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NewsDisplay ban 'will shut down 3,600 c-stores'
As many as 3,600 independent c-stores are at risk of closure if the repercussions of a proposed tobacco display ban in the UK are as severe as those felt in Canada. The estimate, calculated by The Grocer, comes in the wake of new data from…
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NPM used on vending machines in hospitals
The industry’s worst fears about the potential misuse of the FSA’s Nutrient Profiling Model have been realised.
Two years after The Grocer warned in our Weigh It Up! campaign that Ofcom’s use of the NPM was the thin end of the wedge, it has… -
NewsIndustry ire at Change4Life scare tactics
Three health charities have come in for fierce criticism this week after resorting to shock tactics in a joint ad campaign to alert mothers to the dangers posed by kids’ unhealthy lifestyles. Key industry figures expressed outrage at ads,…
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Tory MP attacks plan to outlaw tobacco displays
The tobacco industry campaign to block plans for a display ban from 2011 received a boost from the shadow health minister this week.
Conservative MP Mike Penning attacked the Health Bill, which contains the display ban proposals, on his blog…. -
NewsMinister slams FSA satfat campaign for lacking in balance
The Food Standards Agency has come under attack again this week. Not from an angry food producer this time, but from the very body that created it – the Government.
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Around the Papers 19/2/09
Brewers to cut costs; Fairtrade holds up despite downturn; obesity education plan falls flat
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Does Change4Life offer a way to escape legislation?
The Change4Life campaign unites Government and industry against obesity. But what will be the impact on the industry if it's a failure, asks Noli Dinkovski
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Around the Papers 22/1/09
Court hears of peanut vengeance; row over US tax on Roquefort; delicious, delicious frogs on edge of oblivion
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Targeting fat towns
Nine English towns are each to receive a share of a £30m pot as part of the Government’s assault on obesity. Sarah Butler asks just how worthwhile the venture is
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Saturday Essay: We must address the 'obesity time bomb'
The food and drinks industry is crucial to the Government's pledge to make Britain's kids healthier, argues Dawn Primarolo
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Cadbury's Olympic deal slips past the anti-obesity police
A confectionery company sponsoring the Olympics? Surely that would be met with a chorus of disapproval. Joanne Grew and Nick Hughes ask why the silence has been so deafening
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Cavendish takes hold of tobacco control debate
Dr Will Cavendish, director of health and wellbeing at the Department of Health, is set to take over the Government's tobacco policy from Monday. Cavendish - whose remit already includes obesity and alcohol, nutrition and food labelling -...
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Liquid Smoking: one way to beat the ban
A soft drink that claims to provide the same ‘stress relief’ as a cigarette is targeting the UK to cash in on the smoking ban. Liquid Smoking, introduced in the Netherlands earlier this year, contains an African herbal extract that provides “a...
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Tobacco display ban call comes under fire from industry
The tobacco industry has slammed an Action on Smoking and Health report endorsing bans on tobacco displays and branding and reiterated its warning that display bans in shops would boost illegal trade. Published a week after graphic warnings...