All Obesity articles – Page 2
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RankingsPetcare 2025: Preventative care trend benefits the UK’s cats and dogs
Sales of supplements for people are booming - and that’s sparked a push toward preventative healthcare in petcare too
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RankingsReady meals 2025: ‘Big nights in’ push posher meal sales up
Brands and retailers are battling it out for share of lucrative ‘big night in’ occasions with a growing roster of posh, posher and poshest NPD
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Analysis & FeaturesHFSS ad ban: has last-hour guidance provided clarity at last?
With just weeks to go till the HFSS ad ban comes into force, the CAP guidance has been published? What does it tell us?
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Comment & OpinionWot, no OOH? Why the HFSS ad ban doesn’t go far enough
In anticipation of the ban, some food brands have spent on reformulating their products. But some have simply shifted marketing spend to billboards
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WebinarsHealthy eating forecast: the biggest trends for 2026
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NewsUK to launch ‘world-first’ mandatory health reporting consultation
Ministers are working with the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the ‘world first’ mandatory reporting proposals for healthy food
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NewsFood industry warns of ‘carnage’ ahead of new HFSS definition change
Under Wes Streeting’s 10-year NHS plan the government is to revive a 2018 review of the Nutrient Profiling Model, which had been put on ice by the previous Tory government
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Comment & OpinionFuture of Food: inspiring stories and reasons to be cheerful
Barney Mauleverer’s Future of Food platform encourages the next generation of entrepreneurs in food to be the change the industry desperately needs
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NewsFood brands ramp up out-of-home advertising spend as HFSS ad ban looms
McDonald’s, Unilever, KFC, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Mars and Mondelez also feature among the biggest spenders on outdoor advertising last year
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Analysis & FeaturesReview of the Year 2025, day 31: Villain of the year
The Grocer’s 2025 Review of the Year dives into the biggest stories to splash across our pages this year. From PR shockers to villains, u-turns, scandals and more, stay tuned throughout December
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Comment & OpinionA Goldilocks budget? Instead of porridge this was thin gruel
On the business rates side, instead of a trade-off between big stores and small stores, somehow both have lost out
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Comment & OpinionThe healthy food standard is our best bet to tackle obesity
The government’s healthy food standard would introduce mandatory data reporting and health targets across the food industry, says Lauren Bowes Byatt, deputy director at Nesta
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Comment & OpinionFood and farming has the chance to choose a fairer future
It is clear the companies of the future must help build a food sector that is brighter, more inclusive and fundamentally fairer, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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NewsSoft Drinks Industry Levy to be expanded and threshold lowered
The Soft Drinks Industry Levy was widely credited with slashing sugar in soft drinks
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Analysis & FeaturesThe top 150 UK food & drink supplier rankings and report 2025
After a series of crises, the UK’s biggest 150 food & drink manufacturers have shifted their sights from survival mode to the pursuit of greater profitability and investment in automation
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Comment & OpinionHow is Big Food responding to the threat of GLP-1 drugs?
GLP-1 drugs could shrink global food volumes and rewrite the rules on how we eat, manufacture and market food, says Amir Mousavi, founder and food consultant at Good Food Studio
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NewsMajor scientific study calls for global action on UPFs
Papers published in The Lancet on Wednesday called for a ‘co-ordinated global response’ to protect policymaking from industry interference
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NewsCalls to extend junk food crackdown as review finds billboard ban ‘effective’
A report conducted by the Scottish government assessed the ban’s effectiveness by looking at the existing evidence on policy implementation in the UK
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NewsLidl calls for government to set plant-based sales targets
Amali Bunter, Lidl GB head of sourcing and ethical trade, said the supermarket wanted the government to ‘level the playing field’ by making other retailers follow its example of setting a plant-based protein sales target.
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Analysis & FeaturesChristmas ads 2025: who’s king of the non-HFSS festive ads?
Christmas ads came thick and fast this week, from Asda’s Grinch to John Lewis’s dewy-eyed 90s raver dad. But who did best? Our panel of judges decides