Health insight and analysis – Page 53
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Comment and Opinion
Plain tobacco packs: a worrying precedent?
A new Australian study is the latest ammunition used by the UK government as it wages war on tobacco brands
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Analysis and Features
Are sweeteners the best alternative as pressure mounts on sugar?
Under sustained attack, sugar is starting to crumble. But artificial sweeteners are just as controversial
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Comment and Opinion
Ribena-gate reveals consumer dislike of 'choice editing'
Tesco’s pioneering move was portrayed as a witch-hunt against childhood favourites
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Analysis and Features
Sugary treats are sent to room 101 in new BNF report
Crisps would be a once-a-week treat under new targets
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Analysis and Features
Muscling in on protein
Once the preserve of gym bros, protein is now a growth and NPD story that retailers and big brands want in on. What is the…
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Analysis and Features
Is the guilt lane still in the dock?
How have supermarkets evolved their checkout offers? Who’s taken a lead? Who’s holding back?
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Comment and Opinion
Bad dietary advice from government: how many are harmed?
Joanna Blythman hits the nail on the head with her views on the ‘fatuous advice’ about diet and health…
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Category Report
Healthcare and supplements category report 2015
Is the sector’s golden age about to be cut short? And is there any weight to the scare stories?
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Comment and Opinion
Joanna Blythman: Fatuous UK healthy eating advice is being challenged by US
Last century’s food demons – fat, cholesterol and salt – are being rehabilitated
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Comment and Opinion
Fruit snack packs should be required to be more honest
Juice brands are forced to declare ‘from concentrates’ on packaging, but fruit snacking labelling doesn’t currently follow suit, leaving consumers confused and misled
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Analysis and Features
Hoax is a lesson in the dark arts and bad science of junk food
Last week hoaxers came clean about a study - reported across the globe - that claimed eating a chocolate bar a day accelerated the weight loss of a low-carb diet
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco's sugar action could be the buzz the industry has been needing
Tesco might seem an unlikely candidate to spark a “revolution” in the battle against obesity, but that was the phrase used by the leader of campaign group Action on Sugar
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Comment and Opinion
Responsibility Deal fiasco can show us how not to act on health policy
From start to finish the Deal has lacked credibility and today’s news seems to be the final nail in the coffin
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Comment and Opinion
Beware ‘peak protein’
Are we on the brink of a backlash against high-protein diets? That is the conclusion suggested by new research from Datamonitor, which predicts…
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Comment and Opinion
Health food lessons from the US
And there was I thinking Europe was doing well on the whole health agenda……
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Analysis and Features
Joanna Blythman's Swallow This: hard to swallow?
The book written by journalist (and Grocer columnist) Joanna Blythman claims to serve up the “industry’s darkest secrets” on food manufacturing
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Comment and Opinion
Own-label gap between healthy options consumers want and what they get is still weighty
Research suggests that work needs to be done by own-label to satiate the appetite for products low in fat, sugar and calories
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Analysis and Features
Dolcia Prima: will sugar substitute save Tate & Lyle's skin?
Dolcia Prima could provide “huge rewards” but it’s a long way off making an impact in UK…
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Analysis and Features
Slash recommended sugar intakes, WHO tells governments
WHO admits evidence is shaky, but political hot topic shows no sign of dying down with SACN recommendations on the horizon too
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Analysis and Features
Could nut contamination scandal eclipse Horsegate?
The discovery of nut protein in spice products such as fajita kits and chilli seasoning has been a wake-up call for the food industry