Health insight and analysis – Page 56
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The Big Interview
Jacob Fuller on why the e-cig market won't go up in smoke
Jacob Fuller, UK CEO of e-cig supplier Blu, on exploding sales, cowboy suppliers and the role of Big Tobacco…
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Comment and Opinion
E-cigarettes in the dock
The World Health Organisation’s damning assessment of e-cigarettes will be dispiriting reading to suppliers
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Comment and Opinion
Michael Mosley's blood pressure teaches us a valuable lesson
Guess what, bacon fans? Two rashers a day will knock two years off your life, according to Should I Eat Meat?…
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Comment and Opinion
How do we solve the ‘junk food’ problem? And what is it anyway?
What are the right policy tools to help people cut down on so-called ‘junk foods’?
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Comment and Opinion
Sweets Made Simple: not healthy, but delicious TV
Unless you reject delicious things, you risk missing out on the ultimate prize – a place in a care home!…
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Analysis and Features
Ivory Coast chocolate makers monitor Ebola crisis
The main cocoa producing regions of West Africa have so far been unaffected by the Ebola crisis…
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Comment and Opinion
Sugar tax supporters must heed Europe’s lessons
Doubtless calls for a sugar tax will soon be back. But there are clear signs that they are a political minefield for any government foolish enough to bring them in.
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Comment and Opinion
Oi Fatso! Titania and co look to revive their obesity campaign
The news that it’s time (again) for a fresh attack on obesity has inspired Karoline
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Comment and Opinion
A new front in the war on obesity
Could local authorities pick up the baton from central government in the battle to get consumers eating healthier food?
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Analysis and Features
Revealed: one in four binge on chocolate sharing bags
Sharing bags? Pah. More than half of us eat confectionery from packs intended for sharing, according to an exclusive poll for The Grocer
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Comment and Opinion
FSA U-turn is a Pyrrhic victory for industry
The poultry industry has successfully lobbied the FSA into U-turning on plans to ‘name and shame’ companies in its campylobacter survey, but it shouldn’t rejoice.
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Comment and Opinion
Misleading sugar messages are not in public interest
Sir: Action on Sugar member Robert Lustig seems to have failed to read SACN’s recent draft carbohydrate scientific review…
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Category Report
Focus on Functional Food
Brands are enlisting superhero ingredients to boost functional credentials. Can superfoods deliver super sales?…
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Comment and Opinion
Sugar debate must recognise personal responsibility
When the government announced a cull of quangos in 2010, one of the 192 bodies on its hit list was SACN…
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Comment and Opinion
Manuka honey claims backed by science
I enjoyed reading Simon Creasey’s article on the New Zealand manuka honey industry…
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Comment and Opinion
Health facts and science not hype must be front of mind
Our health is one of, if not the, most vital and important aspect of our lives…
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Comment and Opinion
Sweet and sour manifesto
The rhetoric over added sugars in our diet has reached fever pitch on both sides of the Atlantic…
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Comment and Opinion
More action is needed on sugar
The SACN draft report on carbohydrates and health should be a wake-up call to the government, food industry and consumers…
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Category Report
Focus on Lunchbox
Schools are policing lunchboxes. Parents may be packing kids off with more fruit, but 26% admit flouting packed lunch rule…
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Analysis and Features
SACN and the war to crush sugar: 10 things you need to know
It’s not just fizzy drinks under fire. SACN and PHE are driving radical demands for slashing sugar across the board…