Latest health insight and analysis – Page 52
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Analysis & FeaturesSweets and crisps brands increase use of multibuy promotions
Cancer Research UK last week renewed calls for supermarket multibuy offers on ‘junk food’ to be restricted
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Analysis & FeaturesFood fraud: catch them - if you can?
With horsemeat back in the dock, the fight against food fraud is once more top of the agenda. But as Brexit looms, is the UK ready to beat the crooks?
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Comment & OpinionPublic Health England urges action on sugar in dairy and juice
Simply informing people of the health risks associated with sugar is not effective enough on its own…
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Comment & OpinionWhat the Health: pseudo-science, half-truths, risible film
The moment Kip Andersen introduces himself as a “recovering” hypochondriac, What the Health starts to unravel
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Analysis & FeaturesShould DNA dictate our diet?
Genetics tests are taking off, with companies offering ‘bespoke’ nutritional advice based on a swab of our DNA
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Comment & OpinionProducers must have a new mindset to children's health
Sir, Reading Anna Rosier’s Saturday Essay ‘The organic revolution forges ahead’, I found myself nodding in agreement
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Comment & OpinionCutting down on meat? It’s easier if the judgement is cut out too
Everyone agrees we needed to eat more veggies, but the occasional good quality steak is fine too
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Comment & OpinionIt’s too late to talk TV ad watersheds. Social media is the regulatory battleground
Whoever is in No 10 after 8 June, it is clear that the food and drink industry will face a raft of new advertising restrictions, both in broadcast and other media, after the election dust settles
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Comment & OpinionTesco has some hard decisions to make on what is 'healthy'
It cannot have been easy to persuade big brands to feature in the power aisle as ones to ditch
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Comment & OpinionThe Life Scientific: MacGregor looks back at food battles
Back when schools still stuffed kids with salt tablets on sunny days, warnings that we were all slowly seasoning ourselves
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Analysis & FeaturesAs Life is canned, what's the next move for brand Coke?
The trade is unanimous: forget Life and push Pepsi Max rival Coke Zero Sugar
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Comment & OpinionWill smaller portions make any difference?
It can’t do any harm if there are more options to minimise our intake
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Comment & OpinionDispatches on Coke shines light on food-science collusion
Like you, I had been convinced that eating and drinking too much sugary stuff would make me fat
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Comment & OpinionOut-of-home must fight obesity too
The government’s ambition to cut 20% of sugar in foods most popular with children by 2020 is unrivalled anywhere in the world
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Comment & OpinionCrisp crisis hits home for man on train
The weighty obesity debate is a source of constant analysis by the best brains here at Grocer HQ
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Comment & OpinionMPs must eschew multibuys and head down the takeaway
A Health Select Committee report calling for a clampdown on supermarket promotions is out of touch
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Comment & OpinionA call to action on childhood obesity strategies
We believe it is time to start exploring a wider range of potential measures to reduce obesity, including regulation
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Comment & OpinionPHE moves on from promotions to take different tack in obesity fight
Why do people consume junk food when it is more expensive than heathier food?
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Analysis & FeaturesTen portions of fruit & veg a day? It’s not going to happen
New research suggests we should double the recommended daily amount of fresh fruit and vegetables in our diet, but is it a case of easier said than done?
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Comment & OpinionThe art of product reformulation
Obesity is clearly the nation’s number one long-term health issue. Are we taking it seriously enough?