Susan Jebb news and analysis – Page 5
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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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NewsDepartment of Health calls summit on sugary soft drinks
Supersized fizzy drinks sold in cinema chains and leisure centres are set to be targeted by Department of Health…
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News'No deal' food and drink companies to be named and shamed
Time is running out before food companies will be hit with legislation to enforce lower levels of salt, sugar and fat…
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the industry's calories reduction pledges weigh up
Retailers and suppliers are certainly talking a good talk. But can they really walk five billion calories off Britain’s daily diet?
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NewsLansley reduces red tape for calorie cut scheme
Andrew Lansley has slashed the amount of reporting back that food companies have to do to take part in the government’s controversial scheme to cut five billion calories a day from the nation’s diet.
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NewsCompromise reached on low-calorie pledge
The government has reached a compromise with the food industry over its aim to slash the nation’s daily calorie intake by five billion, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsResponsibility Deal slammed by experts as ‘oversimplistic’
Experts have attacked the calorie-counting logic underpinning the government's Responsibility Deal. This week, the Department of Health finally unveiled the pledges food and drink retailers and manufacturers would be encouraged to sign...
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Analysis & FeaturesBig deal? The pledges that might make Brits healthier
More than 170 signatories have committed to voluntary pledges under the Responsibility Deal, but what practical results can be expected, asks Hannah Stodell
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NewsPlaying swapsies: change for life or a short-term gimmick?
The government believes its voucher scheme with the News of the World and Asda could generate lasting change to diets, says Hannah Stodell
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Portion size: it may be on the label, but it’s not being read
When it comes to portion size recommendations, consumers aren't getting the message. A study by IGD released two weeks ago found that 38% of people ignore portion information on food packaging. Even the ones who do read packs don't trust the...
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Portion size: it may be on the label, but it’s not being read
The packet might say a dish serves two but 38% of people won't read it and another third won't believe it. Alex Black asks what's going wrong
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Nutrient profile panel told to rip up model and start again
Dairy bosses are calling on the FSA to scrap the Nutrient Profiling Model underpinning Ofcom's restrictions on advertising food to kids and target specific problem products such as sweets and crisps instead.On 20 September, an...
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The battle of the bulge
Tensions simmered over in the obesity debate at this week's Westminster Diet & Health Forum. Liz Hamson reports The National Consumer Council launched a stinging attack on the Food and Drink Federation at the Westminster Diet &...
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Salt manufacturers don’t understand
from Dr Susan Jebb, Medical Research Council, Human NutritionSir; The Salt Manufacturers’ Association fails to understand the basis of population-based dietary guidelines (The Grocer, Letters, October 15, p30).A salt intake of 6g...
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Red card for traffic lights
Leading nutritionists have joined industry critics in questioning whether the Public Health White Paper can help to halt obesity, reports Siân HarringtonFood and drink retailers and manufacturers will finally discover next month what...
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Mission impossible
The Public Health White Paper is “astonishingly green” and nutrient profiling won’t work, leading health experts claim. At a round table debate organised by the Snack, Nut & Crisp Manufacturers Association, there was consensus that the...
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FSA debate tackles child obesity
Gary Lineker must take a long, hard look at himself, Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger should be outlawed, fatty foods should be taxed and advertisers must become part of the solution.Those were just some of the heartfelt views voiced at this week’s...
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FSA debate on food industry
How the food industry promotes its products to children and the effect it has on poor diets and rising levels of obesity will be up for public debate on January 27.Back in October Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson, the government’s...
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The Saturday Essay
>>ethical questions raised by the Atkins diet – John White, director, Federation of BakersThere are very few people, supportive or not, who would deny that the Atkins diet has been a phenomenon. More than 3 million Britons have...
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