All Obesity articles – Page 41
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Protein: 24 October
Protein has become a universal cue for health. Simply putting ‘added protein’ on a product immediately communicates a positive message
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Category ReportWhat does the future of chocolate look like? Chocolate category report 2020
Confectioners have been happily living in the present this year. But now they will have to look ahead to challenges on the horizon
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Category ReportConfectionery cops a curveball: sugar category report 2020
Boris Johnson has thrown confectioners into a spin with a get fit quick plan that bans certain ads and promos. Can they shape up?
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Cakes and Biscuits: 17 October
We all need a treat after the year we’ve had. Does that explain why bakers have been pulling out the stops with indulgent NPD?
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NewsMission Ventures opens up Good Fund Fund to wider category of brands
Food and drink accelerator Mission Ventures has reopened applications for its Good Food Fund.
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NewsObesity strategy risks being waste of time and money, warns NAO report
The NAO said successive governments had done too little to evaluate the success of their interventions in tackling childhood obesity
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NewsMedia Bites 8 September: AB InBev, Charles Wilson, Amazon, Primark
Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched a process to replace chief executive Carlos Brito
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NewsPHE waters down ‘unrealistic’ calorie reduction targets
Public Health England today published a long-delayed list of voluntary targets for the sector
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Comment & OpinionBanning promotions of HFSS food isn’t the way to tackle obesity
Banning promotions on HFSS foods would reduce the choice on shelf and increase prices for shoppers Tackling obesity is an important public health priority, irrespective of economics. Indeed, with increasing evidence of the association between obesity and poorer Covid-19 outcomes, the government is right to want to ...
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NewsCalls for Nutri-Score to replace traffic light nutrition labels
The National Obesity Forum said it had decided the alternative system was superior
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Analysis & FeaturesHas traffic light health labelling reached the end of the road?
Could the traffic light labelling system face the chop? And what will replace it?
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NewsSugar promo ban alone to cost £1.7bn new report shows
The impact of the HFSS promotions ban will be ‘bigger than anything seen before’
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NewsQuinola launches trio of microwave quinoa meals for children
The brand is hoping to offer a healthier alternative to most kids’ options
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Analysis & FeaturesHow a UK internal market could affect food and drink
The UK’s four nations are on a ‘collision course’ over proposals
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere does the scrapping of PHE leave the obesity strategy?
The government is scrapping PHE over its ‘failures’ to handle the pandemic. So what next for the PM’s new war on obesity?
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NewsFSA in the frame to handle reformulation strategy
Food Standards Agency a potential contender to take over PHE reformulation strategy
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Comment & OpinionHow could Johnson scrap PHE in the midst of a pandemic?
If reports are to be believed, the PM plans to pull the rug from under Public Health England at a crucial time for the country
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Comment & OpinionCalorie labelling on booze is much needed – but doesn’t go far enough
Brands need to be clearly labelling everything – calories, carbs, sugar and fats, says Tom Bell, director and founder of SkinnyBooze and SkinnyBrands
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Comment & OpinionOur underlying epidemic is chronic junk diets. It’s time to eat real food
Our nation’s diet matters – and it reflects our coronavirus deaths, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will be the impact of the HFSS clampdown?
Health campaigners say government restrictions on HFSS foods are long overdue. Industry claims the costs outweigh the benefits. So will it help?