All Health articles – Page 99
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Comment & OpinionWould a US trade deal lead to more obesity in Britain?
Henry Dimbleby has added obesity to his list of concerns over a US trade deal
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NewsTesco begins adding traffic lights to store entrances
The lights control the number of shoppers inside based on the store’s capacity and two-metre social distancing guidelines
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NewsHFSS promotions ban cost could top £3bn, data reveals
IRI said losing aisle-end and front of store revenue could cost the biscuit sector £280m
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NewsMorrisons extends food boxes scheme as online demand soars
It said it wanted to provide alternatives for customers who did not want to visit supermarkets
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NewsBreakfast Cereals UK plans major push to quash cereals ‘unhealthy’ reputation
The trade body is urging government to reconsider its approach to the category
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can brands and retailers utilise the reimagined vending machine?
As consumers seek lower-contact, convenient ways to buy food, the humble vending machine is going beyond snacking
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NewsHealthy eating tech startup Smash secures £1m funding
The app will offer 13 to 24-year-olds discounts on healthier food options at food-to-go retailers
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NewsConfusion over Covid masks ruling as retailers fear new fines threat
The Grocer understands supermarket and convenience store chiefs met with BEIS bosses yesterday to call for greater clarity over Boris Johnson’s plans
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NewsRetail workers forced to wear masks under coronavirus clampdown
Boris Johnson said masks would become obligatory for shop assistants and workers in pubs, restaurants and cafés in England
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NewsCoronavirus curfew plans ‘crushing blow’ to sector, say hospitality bosses
Boris Johnson is today set to announce moves to order pubs and other hospitality venues to close at 10pm
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NewsChildren’s cereals getting less sugary, report finds
However, despite some positive achievements, the Broken Plate report claimed there was still a “shocking” level of inequality in the affordability of healthy food in the UK
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NewsMost kids ‘health bars’ more sugary than Haribo, finds new survey
Action on Sugar attacked retailers and suppliers for marketing processed dried fruit products as ‘healthy snacks’
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Comment & OpinionHow simpler guidelines on calorie reduction can help industry take positive action
PHE has listened to concerns that there is not a level playing field with the eating out, takeaway and delivery sector, says Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist, PHE
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Comment & OpinionBetter education on vaping is needed to keep smoking in decline
There is a growing level of apathy towards the dangers of smoking, says Dan Thomson, UK & Ireland MD at Juul Labs
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Comment & OpinionReformulation does not solve the problem of processed convenience foods
Dietary advice should warn against ultra-processed foods, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsObesity strategy risks being waste of time and money, warns NAO report
The NAO said successive governments had done too little to evaluate the success of their interventions in tackling childhood obesity
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NewsPHE waters down ‘unrealistic’ calorie reduction targets
Public Health England today published a long-delayed list of voluntary targets for the sector
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Comment & OpinionBanning promotions of HFSS food isn’t the way to tackle obesity
Banning promotions on HFSS foods would reduce the choice on shelf and increase prices for shoppers Tackling obesity is an important public health priority, irrespective of economics. Indeed, with increasing evidence of the association between obesity and poorer Covid-19 outcomes, the government is right to want to ...
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NewsCalls for Nutri-Score to replace traffic light nutrition labels
The National Obesity Forum said it had decided the alternative system was superior
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Analysis & FeaturesHas traffic light health labelling reached the end of the road?
Could the traffic light labelling system face the chop? And what will replace it?