All Labelling articles – Page 25
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News
Feel Good overhaul targets health-conscious women
Refreshed packaging is rolling out with ‘upgraded’ variants
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News
Calls for sugar tax to be dropped as children’s intake falls
NDNS figures showed a 23% fall in consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks among kids aged four to 10
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News
Kids cut back on sugary drinks - but diets still "unhealthy"
The latest Diet and Nutrition Survey published by PHE found children aged four to 10 drank 100mls of sugary drinks daily
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Comment and Opinion
Why there’s no need to freak out about freakshakes
It’s easy enough to understand the panic, but harder to truly empathise with concerns about the sugar-stuffed breakout star
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Analysis and Features
Manuka honey: why haven't New Zealand's guidelines worked?
What needs to happen so UK consumers can be confident they are buying true-to-label products?
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Comment and Opinion
Childhood Obesity Plan: or COP-out for short
It is quite some achievement to have spent the best part of two years drawing up a strategy only to produce a document that leaves all sides in the debate feeling almost equally underwhelmed
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News
Soft drinks levy and school sport at heart of government's childhood obesity strategy
Money raised from the sugar levy will be invested in programmes to reduce obesity and encourage physical activity
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Comment and Opinion
When it comes to health, we really should trust the experts
Rights and wrongs in politics are distinctly burry, but we shouldn’t lump expertise from highly regarded doctors in with economic forecasts or political think tanks
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News
"Over half of consumers oppose 14-unit alcohol limit advice"
Of more than 2,000 people surveyed by the YouGov poll, 51% disagreed with the Chief Medical Officers’ decision
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Comment and Opinion
Time for campaigners against Olympic junk food and booze sponsorship to get real
The tough economic climate means it’s harder than ever to make the case against sponsorship
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News
Strongbow reassures health campaigners over Team GB sponsorship
Twenty key health campaigners fear the activity links sport to alcohol in children’s minds
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Comment and Opinion
Which? has picked the wrong target with its promotions complaint
If the new PM has done her research, she will know several previous attempts under the failed Responsibility Deal to tackle the thorny issue of promotions fell flat
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News
Free-range producers raise alarm over cage-free egg labelling
More clarity will be needed to differentiate between barn eggs and free range as retailers phase out cages, say producers
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarkets have to grab the vitamin D opportunity
Almost everyone should be taking a vitamin D supplement between October and March, according to new advice from PHE
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Comment and Opinion
Vitamin D advice needs back-up from Eatwell
For years I have taken 25mcg of vitamin D3 daily in autumn and winter, defying adamant medics
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News
Health campaigners turn fire on salt and fat in supermarket dips
CASH found that 74% of houmous lines featured a red front-of-pack label for fat and no green labels for salt
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News
Napolina readies healthier pasta and sauces
The NPDs are targeted at both families and smaller households
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News
'You're Asking For It' looks to cut Scots proxy purchasing
Campaign advertising will encourage communities to report or challenge anyone they suspect of proxy purchasing
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Comment and Opinion
Balance is key when it comes to baby food
Store-bought and homemade can work together to help children develop healthy relationships with food, says Paul Lindley of Ella’s Kitchen
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Comment and Opinion
‘Fake’ farms crusade is the wrong fight at the wrong time
Why does the National Farmers Union think it’s a smart idea to pick a fight with British farming’s biggest customer right now?