Health insight and analysis – Page 52
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Comment and Opinion
X-Rated Foods: why the watershed will be breached
Consumption of sugar and child obesity is the responsibility of every fmcg brand
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Comment and Opinion
Time to stop the blame game on obesity
FDF director general Ian Wright speaks out on the sugar tax controversy
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Comment and Opinion
David Cameron must act now on sugar
We welcome the Health Committee recommendations (coinciding with #SugarAwarenessWeek)
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Comment and Opinion
MPs’ sugar and HFSS mega-crackdown plan is obese with impracticality
Surely the biggest priority for government strategy is that it is measurable, realistic and – above all – evidence-based
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Comment and Opinion
Fear of science could grow into a big problem for food & drink
Consumer confidence in science is fading fast – and the implications for food and drink are huge
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Comment and Opinion
A sugar tax? How regressive!
The case against sugar is strong, but a new tax is unlikely to achieve lasting change, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment and Opinion
WHO bacon report: another missed opportunity for better clarity
Communicating risk is one of the toughest comms tasks going. This is true not just in food
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Analysis and Features
WHO cancer warning: what's the likely impact on meat sales?
Meat lovers could be forgiven for fearing it’s only a matter of time before tobacco-style warnings adorn packs of bacon
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Comment and Opinion
FODMAP: a new free-from opportunity from Australia
Recent media coverage has highlighted our latest cultural import from Australia
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Comment and Opinion
The health innovation challenge
The role of innovation in making food and drink healthier is becoming ever more important
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Comment and Opinion
PHE’s call for ‘responsible promotions’ opens up old wounds for industry
Public Health England’s revelation yesterday that its evidence review supports bringing in a tax on added-sugar drinks has…
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Comment and Opinion
Media storms risk halting healthier food innovations
Attacks on their integrity are liable to put scientific experts off
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Analysis and Features
Science for sale: does food and drink funding distort debate?
The Times unveiled a catalogue of payments by Coca-Cola to sugar studies - so what’s the damage?
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Comment and Opinion
Water's time has come as health debates rage
Manufacturers and supermarkets continue to seek alternatives to food and drink products high in sugar and fat
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Analysis and Features
Confectioners aren't alone in cutting guilt lane offers
The latest data from Assosia shows confectionery brands aren’t the only ones shifting promotional activity away from so-called ‘guilt lanes’
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Comment and Opinion
If sugar is the new tobacco, move fast
Jamie Oliver’s call for a tax on sweetened drinks is just one of a growing number of broadsides in the war on sugar
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Comment and Opinion
Teaspoons illustrate importance of relativity in sugar debate
I quite like this teaspoons of sugar idea. Whether it’s on the front of the pack or the back of the pack…
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Analysis and Features
Can the Jamie Oliver effect force a sugar tax about-turn?
Campaigning chef says Mexican case study should be followed. Is he right?…
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Comment and Opinion
Fast food could rapidly disappear in hospitals – but where will it end?
It may come as a surprise, but many of the major UK fast food chains have restaurants across the NHS in England. What isn’t surprising..
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Comment and Opinion
As drinkers cut back, booze brands must look to push posh
Brits are eager to cut down on the booze, new research from Mintel shows