Health insight and analysis – Page 40
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Comment and Opinion
Allergy death shows labelling legislation is falling short
More must be done to protect people suffering with severe food allergies when they eat out
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Comment and Opinion
Tom Watson's weight loss proves official healthy diet advice is useless
The deputy Labour leader’s success with the Pioppi diet shows the government’s Eatwell plate has come to the end of the road, says Joanna Blythman
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Analysis and Features
Is Jamie Oliver's Tesco role any more than an ad coup?
It may seem a bitter medicine to some but Dave Lewis thinks an Oliver-backed health initiative is preferable to DH intervention
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Comment and Opinion
Jamie Oliver’s Tesco deal is a curate’s egg
It’s not about the moolah. He’s not the new face of Tesco. It’s not even an ad campaign. So what exactly is this tieup?
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Comment and Opinion
Plans for a HFSS promo ban will have enormous implications
The wording of the plan so far has been incredibly vague
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Comment and Opinion
A ban on the sale of energy drinks to children is late… but welcome
So, it turns out whopping amounts of caffeine are potentially harmful to kids. Who knew?!
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Comment and Opinion
Sensationalist reporting about the ‘dangers of red meat’ must stop now
It’s not the first time we’ve heard calls for health warnings on red meat, but it’s surprising to hear it from someone advising government
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Comment and Opinion
Will consumers abandon gum if they know it contains plastic?
If Iceland is to believed, 85% of people don’t know gum is made from synthetic polymers and plasticisers
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The Big Interview
Paul Lindley on a capital idea to fight obesity
With London’s devolved powers, Lindley believes the capital is the best place to start our national battle against the bulge
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Analysis and Features
Five celebrity-spun functional ingredient trends
A celebrity stamp of approval hasn’t lost its shine in 2018
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Comment and Opinion
The Food Programme debates the efficacy of the Eatwell Guide
Government healthy eating guidelines are a hot topic following the launch of chapter two of the Childhood Obesity Plan
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Comment and Opinion
Donna looks out for the kids and campaigns against obesity
I got as far as Euston before Clarke the Frexit driver pointed out that HFSS was nothing to do with jolly fast choo-choos
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Comment and Opinion
Cheap junk food will only worsen the health woes of Britain's poorest
You can’t solve poverty with bad food, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment and Opinion
The Fast Fix: can ultra low-calorie diets tackle diabetes?
Could an ultra low-calorie diet reverse Type 2 diabetes and save the NHS billions of pounds?
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Comment and Opinion
PM must take decisive action on HFSS products
While we welcome PHE’s first assessment of progress on the government’s sugar reduction programme, much more must be done…
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Comment and Opinion
Shots fired in row over ‘junk food’ promotions ban
In an outspoken attack, Ian Wright described the proposals as “government at its worst”
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Comment and Opinion
The ‘guilt lane’ ban idea is back: it won’t bother retailers
Is the renewed focus on guilt lanes a sign that ministers may yet back away from pressing the nuclear button on promotions across every part of the store?
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Analysis and Features
Convenience stores: A desert for healthy options?
No longer content to be an oasis of fags and booze, c-stores are upping their game in the health stakes. But there is plenty of work left to do
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Comment and Opinion
A long battle looms over food & drink health plans
The honeymoon between PHE and the food and drink industry may have to be put on hold
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Analysis and Features
As sugar reduction targets are missed what's PHE's next move?
It seems counterintuitive for the industry to be pleased at this week’s “naming and shaming exercise”