Latest health insight and analysis – Page 57
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Comment & OpinionHealth food lessons from the US
And there was I thinking Europe was doing well on the whole health agenda……
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Comment & OpinionTaking health advice with a pinch of salt
After another misleading headline this morning, how are we meant to interpret studies into “unhealthy” food with any clarity?
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Analysis & FeaturesSugar in the dock but are consumers any the wiser?
As a nation drags itself off the sofa and starts obsessing about its waistline, it’s time for the food and drink industry…
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Comment & OpinionSalt reduction shouldn't get sidelined by concerns about sugar
The current sugar debate has captured the public imagination but is adding to confusion…
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Comment & OpinionLet’s get ready to rumble
With nearly three weeks of endurance eating and drinking yet to come before we all go cold turkey…
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Comment & OpinionThe big fat problem facing food & drink manufacturers
the level of obesity in the UK over the past three decades has more than trebled…
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Comment & OpinionObesity: Big Food should act to help solve crisis
Occasionally you encounter a contribution to a contentious topic which makes you stop and think…
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Comment & OpinionDietary guidelines: Big Business vs Big Science
New dietary guidelines for Americans are due next year. Revised every five years, they’re outcomes of a long process…
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Comment & OpinionCollaboration needed in food and drink's health drive
All the talk about nudging, not nannying, in the food and drink business has made me stop and think this week…
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Comment & OpinionScaremongering sugar debate does not help children
I write in response to a report on sugar (‘Action on Sugar claims a quarter of kids’ juice drinks have as much sugar as Co…
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Analysis & FeaturesDoes the food & drink industry need a firmer hand?
Former health secretary Andrew Lansley had a phrase to describe the government’s approach to the food and drink industry:…
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Comment & OpinionThe egoism of 'diet or die' health reports
Here we go again with yet another ‘diet or die’ report, this time from 2020 Health…
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Comment & OpinionWe need new cultural advice on food, says Tim Lang
Next month, the UN hosts the second International Conference on Nutrition in Rome…
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Comment & OpinionShould the Responsibility Deal become law?
A report this week by think tank 2020health called for a radical new approach to tackle obesity
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Comment & OpinionCoke Life and the new 'third way' for sweetness
So finally they get it. Coca-Cola, Lucozade and a host of others are launching half-sugar versions of their classic drinks…
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Comment & OpinionStevia: a messaging struggle for the 'natural' sweetener
Stevia might be a more natural sweetener, but it’s not as easy as it seems to get that message across…
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Comment & OpinionSweeteners part of healthy eating says Professor Jack Winkler
Put these survey findings into context. If 38% are suspicious of sweeteners, then 62% are not…
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Comment & OpinionJamie Oliver's Comfort Food? More like deep down dirty food
What in God’s name has happened to Jamie Oliver? On Jamie’s Comfort Food (C4, 9pm, 1 Sept) he repented of his sins…
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Analysis & FeaturesHealthier is cheaper as low-sugar juices offer savings
Consumers choosing low-sugar drinks in the juice aisles could be cutting spending as well as sugar consumption…