Latest health insight and analysis – Page 56
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Analysis & FeaturesAre mandatory targets inevitable in the war on sugar?
EU competition law and the squeeze on local authority budgets pose major challenges to the imposition of a regulatory appraisal
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Comment & OpinionYou can cut sugar and keep it tasty
It is possible to create products with reduced sugar that measure up to customers’ expectations
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Comment & OpinionX-Rated Foods: why the watershed will be breached
Consumption of sugar and child obesity is the responsibility of every fmcg brand
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Comment & OpinionTime to stop the blame game on obesity
FDF director general Ian Wright speaks out on the sugar tax controversy
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Comment & OpinionDavid Cameron must act now on sugar
We welcome the Health Committee recommendations (coinciding with #SugarAwarenessWeek)
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Comment & OpinionThe health innovation challenge
The role of innovation in making food and drink healthier is becoming ever more important
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Comment & OpinionPHE’s call for ‘responsible promotions’ opens up old wounds for industry
Public Health England’s revelation yesterday that its evidence review supports bringing in a tax on added-sugar drinks has…
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Comment & OpinionMedia storms risk halting healthier food innovations
Attacks on their integrity are liable to put scientific experts off
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Analysis & FeaturesScience for sale: does food and drink funding distort debate?
The Times unveiled a catalogue of payments by Coca-Cola to sugar studies - so what’s the damage?
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Comment & OpinionWater's time has come as health debates rage
Manufacturers and supermarkets continue to seek alternatives to food and drink products high in sugar and fat
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectioners aren't alone in cutting guilt lane offers
The latest data from Assosia shows confectionery brands aren’t the only ones shifting promotional activity away from so-called ‘guilt lanes’
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Comment & OpinionIf sugar is the new tobacco, move fast
Jamie Oliver’s call for a tax on sweetened drinks is just one of a growing number of broadsides in the war on sugar
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Comment & OpinionTeaspoons illustrate importance of relativity in sugar debate
I quite like this teaspoons of sugar idea. Whether it’s on the front of the pack or the back of the pack…
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Analysis & FeaturesCan the Jamie Oliver effect force a sugar tax about-turn?
Campaigning chef says Mexican case study should be followed. Is he right?…
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Comment & OpinionFast food could rapidly disappear in hospitals – but where will it end?
It may come as a surprise, but many of the major UK fast food chains have restaurants across the NHS in England. What isn’t surprising..
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Analysis & FeaturesSugary treats are sent to room 101 in new BNF report
Crisps would be a once-a-week treat under new targets
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Analysis & FeaturesMuscling in on protein
Once the preserve of gym bros, protein is now a growth and NPD story that retailers and big brands want in on. What is the…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the guilt lane still in the dock?
How have supermarkets evolved their checkout offers? Who’s taken a lead? Who’s holding back?
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Comment & OpinionBad dietary advice from government: how many are harmed?
Joanna Blythman hits the nail on the head with her views on the ‘fatuous advice’ about diet and health…
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Comment & OpinionBeware ‘peak protein’
Are we on the brink of a backlash against high-protein diets? That is the conclusion suggested by new research from Datamonitor, which predicts…