Health insight and analysis – Page 50
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Comment and Opinion
Mars will drive change in obesity battle
The debate on how to tackle obesity has seen sharpening fault lines in recent years
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Comment and Opinion
Running out of ideas? Diet advice gets even more confusing
Can you outrun a bad diet or not? Even the experts can’t seem to be able to make up their minds
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Comment and Opinion
Dairy advice from government is a public health menace
Our government’s failure to promote dairy is a menace to public health
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Comment and Opinion
We all have a hand in encouraging healthy eating
‘Who is responsible for healthy eating?’ That’s the question I’ll be debating at Food & Drink Expo on 18 April 2016
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Comment and Opinion
British dairy really could go down the drain if public heeds PHE advice
It’s a rude slap in the face for the dairy sector
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Comment and Opinion
Bombshell sugar tax does not bode well for joined-up obesity strategy
Number 11 has certainly taken the industry by surprise
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Comment and Opinion
It's time to stand up for juice
Sugar is being treated as public enemy number one, and the juice category is feeling the impact
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Comment and Opinion
Lessons from Brazil's crusade against processed food
I’m not recommending another bikini body diet, but the latest Brazilian Ministry of Health’s dietary guidelines
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Comment and Opinion
Public Health England’s patronising One You campaign is a switch-off
PHE’s new campaign is patronising, over-complicated and, sadly, likely to be forgotten in six months
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Comment and Opinion
Vaping on prescription sets extraordinary precedent
The rise and development of the ‘vaping’ market is surely one that will be studied frequently at business schools
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Analysis and Features
Can allergy label ‘mess’ be made free from confusion?
A new template for ‘may contain’ labels is due out later this year
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Comment and Opinion
Sugar Smart means sugar confusion
Not all sugars are equal. Consumers know an orange isn’t the same as a Jaffa cake
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Comment and Opinion
We need alternatives to sugary snacks not taxes
“Sugar is cheap, tasty and addictive, which is why so many companies cram it into their products”
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Comment and Opinion
Chewing over the question of gum in the classroom
Wrigley vs. the teaching profession: has it really gum to this?
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Comment and Opinion
Has Tesco hit on a new solution in the war on sugar?
The Sugarwise certification scheme is billed as sugar’s equivalent of the Fairtrade marque
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Comment and Opinion
Good fruit and veg driven out of the country
Having worked in produce for 20 years, I have seen how the grocers have driven value out of this sector
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Analysis and Features
Sugar tax back on the table in PM's Childhood Obesity Strategy
David Cameron’s childhood obesity strategy will include plans for a sugar tax
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Comment and Opinion
We need education on sugar, not a tax
Tax is deeply addictive – without it government has to borrow
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Comment and Opinion
Will Jamie turning ‘ninja’ scare the government into a sugar tax u-turn?
As the government continues to box itself into a corner, the prospect of that mother of all u-turns remains in the shadows
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Comment and Opinion
Retailers have to make 'healthy' exciting
The M&S Adventures in Food campaign started the year highlighting the virtues of healthy eating