Latest health insight and analysis – Page 54
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Comment & OpinionPokémon provides a fun alternative to a childhood obesity strategy
The past week has proved that Britain’s pint-sized couch potatoes don’t need government strategies to get moving
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Comment & OpinionThey eat meat in the Med! The mythology of 'foreign' diets
Dieticians seem terribly confused about foreign eating habits, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionHas the government struck a secret deal over sugar cuts with industry?
The DH must come up with a set of proposals that are far more structured than the Responsibility Deal
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Comment & OpinionEat right, not clean: ignore food fads and stick to your guns
Where’s the space for those of us ‘just eating’ or, in our case, ‘eating right’?
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Comment & OpinionFood Unwrapped: sound advice on holiday weight loss
This show had some good tips on how to cheer up when the time comes to strip off in front of strangers in the sunshine
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Comment & OpinionHealthy eating starts at primary school
We have just marked the end of another successful Healthy Eating Week from the British Nutrition Foundation
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Comment & OpinionArtificial sweeteners are the elephant in the room
Sales of artificially sweetened beverages are bound to benefit directly from the forthcoming tax on sugary drinks
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Comment & OpinionSugar reduction? Just watch Tesco go, ma’am!
It’s worth looking at the contrast between regulation and what can be achieved by successful voluntary industry action
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Comment & OpinionLose Weight for Love: Critical Eye
Weight loss just got brutal. Now experts are actually breaking up relationships to help people shed fat
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Comment & OpinionHealthy convenience stores and brave beer pairings
I congratulate the leadership team in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and National Services Scotland
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Comment & OpinionHealth: food retailers have a win-win-win opportunity
Most people know eating fewer calories and being more active leads to weight loss
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Comment & OpinionMars should cut salt and sugar
Mars should simply adjust the recipes of unhealthier items
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Analysis & FeaturesAre supermarkets to blame for falling fruit & veg sales?
Retailers are working hard on availability and affordability, but with consumption down on a decade ago, the NFU wants action
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Comment & OpinionWhy stevia may not be the quick fix to our sugar crisis
The first serious warning about too much sugar in our diet appeared over 40 years ago
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Comment & OpinionAll-you-can-eat fries, sir? McDonald’s of the Future turns ‘unhealthiness’ into sassy marketing
Amid all the public pressure and handwringing over the state of the public’s waistline, there’s room for a counterintuitive manoeuvre
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Analysis & FeaturesSimplyfresh Aberdeen: a fresh take on hospital retail
Retail outlets in Scottish hospitals will soon have to adhere to strict rules on stocking healthy foods
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Comment & OpinionMars will drive change in obesity battle
The debate on how to tackle obesity has seen sharpening fault lines in recent years
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Comment & OpinionRunning out of ideas? Diet advice gets even more confusing
Can you outrun a bad diet or not? Even the experts can’t seem to be able to make up their minds
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Comment & OpinionDairy advice from government is a public health menace
Our government’s failure to promote dairy is a menace to public health
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Comment & OpinionWe all have a hand in encouraging healthy eating
‘Who is responsible for healthy eating?’ That’s the question I’ll be debating at Food & Drink Expo on 18 April 2016