Health insight and analysis – Page 67
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Comment and Opinion
My festive wish-list for how government could help suppliers
What I want for Christmas is for Whitehall to draw up a coherent obesity strategy
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Comment and Opinion
Ditching analysis will fix nothing
Councils need detailed scrutiny of the obesity problem to help tackle it
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Comment and Opinion
Fixing the obesity epidemic is as hard as fixing the euro
The coalition wants to nudge, but the nannying instinct is still strong, as reaction to the Department of Health’s proposals last week proved.
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Comment and Opinion
Chewing the fat
When Hungary launched a fat tax in the summer it was greeted as much as a chance for witty headlines as a serious proposition for us Brits.
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Comment and Opinion
Saturated fats are not the enemy
Our war on obesity should instead tackle the real culprits, sugar and carbs, says Joanna Blythman
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Analysis and Features
Desmond takes a gamble on rivalling the National Lottery
Express Newspapers tycoon Richard Desmond plans to tackle Britain’s “health inequalities” with his new lottery. How sound a venture is it, asks Elinor Zuke
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Comment and Opinion
The responsibility Delia
There are all kinds of reasons not to like celebrity chefs: envy of their boyish good looks, say, the fact they never have to wash up, or their ability to do things with a courgette and a peeler than would make grown men weep.
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Comment and Opinion
Third Party: Extra labelling is not the way to fight obesity
Making food suppliers add information to labels will hike costs – and won’t stop people buying cake, says Catherine Feechan
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Comment and Opinion
Low energy-dense foods like fruit and veg are not cheap and often less convenient
Innovation takes many forms. For tobacco manufacturers, current NPD feels almost like a last hurrah before the shutters come down.
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Analysis and Features
Commodities: Sugar prices set to increase as EU production declines
Supply shortages and rocketing global prices are sending costs sky-high. So what does the future hold for the EU sugar industry? Robert Miles reports
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Profiles and QandAs
Spotlight: A healthy formula
As health concerns mount, the race to reformulate our food is on. So what will tomorrow’s products look like? Julia Glotz visits Leatherhead Food Research to find out
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Comment and Opinion
A healthier future will be better for business
Tackling obesity will require ambitious solutions that stimulate rather than stifle the bottom line, says Richard Evans
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Comment and Opinion
Fallout of E.coli tragedy could devastate fresh produce industry
Next week is Food Safety Week. But if anyone was complacent, before this week’s tragic E.coli outbreak in Hamburg, Germany…
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Comment and Opinion
Danes play the blame game
Rarely a day goes by without us getting sent research of variable reliability purporting to shed some light on what’s going on in consumers’ heads.
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Comment and Opinion
Gluten-free goes super-Novak
On Saturday The Times reported with some gusto that food intolerances were a figment of our oversensitive and pampered western imaginations.
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Analysis and Features
EFSA’s health claim rejections aren’t just baffling consumers
Some 80% of food and drink health claims have now been turned down by the European Food Safety Authority. Why, asks Hannah Stodell
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Analysis and Features
Big deal? The pledges that might make Brits healthier
More than 170 signatories have committed to voluntary pledges under the Responsibility Deal, but what practical results can be expected, asks Hannah Stodell
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Comment and Opinion
Smoking guns, ticking timebombs
Andrew Lansley today confirmed that the controversial tobacco display ban is to go ahead, dashing the genuine hopes for a reprieve still harboured by many retailers.
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Analysis and Features
Red meat good, red meat bad... confused, anyone?
Last week saw the publication of two apparently contradictory reports on the health risks of red meat. Julia Glotz assesses their potential impact on sales
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Comment and Opinion
Editor's Comment: Brown paper cigarette packs is a crazy idea
Smoking is a filthy habit. This is not the opinion of The Grocer. It's mine, and I would not be able to look myself in the mirror if I didn't preface my defence of the industry against Andrew Lansley's proposed new measures with that...