Latest health insight and analysis – Page 48
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Comment & OpinionSugar reduction is non-negotiable. Children's health is at stake
There can be no excuses for a lack of progress on improving diet from government or retailers, says Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England
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Comment & OpinionThe ASA Kellogg’s ruling is a win for low-sugar reformulations
The ASA has reversed its decision to ban a Coco Pops Granola ad that had been seen on children’s TV
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Comment & OpinionCosta’s coffee clampdown on kids raises more questions than it answers
Not everyone’s on board with Costa’s decision to reserve the right to refuse coffee to youngsters
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Comment & OpinionWe must address the serious nutrition deficit in our diets
Both the UK food industry and government must take ‘hidden hunger’ seriously, says Professor Chris Elliott
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Comment & OpinionDéjà vu? Unrealistic targets in the UK fight on obesity
No less than 145 voluntary targets looming over different sectors hark back to the Responsibility Deal
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Comment & OpinionHard evidence is much needed in energy drinks policy
A new report found little evidence energy drinks are more damaging to normal children than tea, coffee or cola
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Comment & OpinionMeat alternatives must shed the salt or shed their ‘health halo’
It didn’t come as a huge surprise to find out some ‘meat alternatives’ aren’t quite as healthy as they’d like to make out
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Analysis & FeaturesWar on obesity: is food and drink being swamped by targets?
Patience is wearing thin with a ‘tsunami’ of government plans
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Comment & OpinionBeware food safety risks when cutting salt, sugar and plastics
Salt and sugar have been used as food preservatives for hundreds of years and there are microbiological risks of reducing them in food, says Professor Chris Elliott
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Analysis & FeaturesPlain stupid: kids' yoghurts unfairly treated over sugar?
Under proposed changes yoghurts could be classed as ‘junk food’
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Comment & OpinionTom Watson's weight loss proves official healthy diet advice is useless
The deputy Labour leader’s success with the Pioppi diet shows the government’s Eatwell plate has come to the end of the road, says Joanna Blythman
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Jamie Oliver's Tesco role any more than an ad coup?
It may seem a bitter medicine to some but Dave Lewis thinks an Oliver-backed health initiative is preferable to DH intervention
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Comment & OpinionPlans for a HFSS promo ban will have enormous implications
The wording of the plan so far has been incredibly vague
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Comment & OpinionA ban on the sale of energy drinks to children is late… but welcome
So, it turns out whopping amounts of caffeine are potentially harmful to kids. Who knew?!
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Comment & OpinionSensationalist reporting about the ‘dangers of red meat’ must stop now
It’s not the first time we’ve heard calls for health warnings on red meat, but it’s surprising to hear it from someone advising government
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InterviewsPaul Lindley on a capital idea to fight obesity
With London’s devolved powers, Lindley believes the capital is the best place to start our national battle against the bulge
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Analysis & FeaturesFive celebrity-spun functional ingredient trends
A celebrity stamp of approval hasn’t lost its shine in 2018
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Comment & OpinionThe Food Programme debates the efficacy of the Eatwell Guide
Government healthy eating guidelines are a hot topic following the launch of chapter two of the Childhood Obesity Plan
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Comment & OpinionDonna looks out for the kids and campaigns against obesity
I got as far as Euston before Clarke the Frexit driver pointed out that HFSS was nothing to do with jolly fast choo-choos
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Comment & OpinionCheap junk food will only worsen the health woes of Britain's poorest
You can’t solve poverty with bad food, says Joanna Blythman