Latest health insight and analysis – Page 60
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Comment & OpinionBe well informed about wellness trends
Retailers will increasingly juggle health requirements of customers, government, consumer groups and health professionals…
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Comment & Opinion
Sugar witchhunt is simplistic and infantile
Original estimates that suggested 50% of the population would be obese by 2050 now seem optimistic…
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Comment & OpinionHidden in plain sight
Timed to coincide with Salt Awareness Week (10-16 March), a study funded by the British Heart Foundation claims that teenagers are “unknowingly putting their health at risk by eating too much salt”.
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Analysis & FeaturesNascent e-cigs market dashed as EU's ruling 'misses point'
E-cigs: so near to the tipping point, has the EU’s 11th hour change to tobacco directive scuppered all the good work?…
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Comment & OpinionStick to facts on sugar!
If we are to make any progress in our understanding of diet and health, we must address the key issues honestly…
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Comment & OpinionCASH’s smartphone app could be on the money
Last week, Professor Graham MacGregor, the scientist behind Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) – and the campaign for new targets on sugar reduction - accused prominent anti-sugar campaigners of being “nutters”.
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Comment & OpinionNutrition debates should not rely on science alone
In 1902, the US government’s top food chemist was granted funding to investigate the effects of chemical food additives…
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Comment & OpinionStitch up? Not so much
The Daily Mail has revealed ‘secret stitch up’ meetings between ministers and the food industry. But is the reality as sinister as it sounds?
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Flexibility and the ASA
Less attention has been given to one aspect of the ASA’s ruling on Lucozade that permits some welcome flexibility…
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Comment & OpinionDispatches doesn't let facts about sugar obscure a good story
Stop with all the sugar bashing! It’s making me eat the stuff!…
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Comment & OpinionCutting sugar won't solve obesity crisis alone
The “demonisation” of sugar as the cause of the obesity epidemic leaves a bitter taste…
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Comment & OpinionSugar hysteria is feeding new food fads
Here we go again – another bout of hysteria sweeps the media…
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Comment & Opinion
There's more to the obesity crisis than sugar
In the past fortnight, sugar has been singled out as a lead cause of the obesity epidemic in the UK…
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Comment & OpinionNew sugar campaign spices up food politics
Sugar has long been a hot political issue. Action on Sugar, launched last week, was about its impact on public health…
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Comment & OpinionThe obesity debate breaks bad
In the obesity debate a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but not as bad as making it up…
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Analysis & FeaturesObesity in the UK: Who’s saying what?
As health bodies debate the scale of the obesity crisis facing the UK, The Grocer rounds up competing claims.
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Comment & OpinionA juicy story
The National Obesity Forum (NOF) has claimed that rising obesity rates in the UK could have been underestimated. But its report has been questioned by the UK Health Forum…
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Analysis & Features
CASH heaps pressure on suppliers with sugar switch
Sugar is being portrayed as the new demon, but is the latest campaign from NGOs based on common sense or “snake oil science”?
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Comment & OpinionIt's time to make healthier food choices cheaper
The moment has arrived for tough decisions by the food industry, starting with the soft drinks sector…
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Comment & OpinionSoft drinks: Making the healthy choice the cheaper choice
It is possible to sell healthier versions of popular, mass-market foods at lower prices than standard high-sugar, high-fat, high-calorie products - and companies can make more money doing so. Here’s how.