Health news – Page 62
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NewsVape shops get JTI toolkit on preventing underage e-cig sales
Toolkit includes booklet for training staff, in-store warning poster and window sticker
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NewsBidfood campaign encourages children to eat a healthier breakfast
Better Breakfast will see the wholesaler work with schools to help them ‘build a better breakfast club’
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NewsSainsbury's revamps food-to-go range to include 21 new products
A choice of three Asian buns – char sui pork, bulgogi beef and honey & soy chicken – hit the shelves this week
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NewsLabour promises to restrict pre-watershed junk food TV ads
Restrictions form part of party’s plans to address ’urgent challenge’ of childhood obesity
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NewsSugar levy 'hugely misunderstood' by UK consumers, Nielsen survey reveals
No-one knew the levy only applied to soft drinks in Nielsen survey of 500 consumers
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NewsTesco accused of 'mixed messages' by cutting HFSS & healthy food prices
Tesco is using its power aisles to encourage shoppers to ditch high fat, salt and sugar products in favour of healthier options
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NewsTesco cuts fresh produce prices to encourage healthy eating
The Little Helps to Healthier Living campaign starts tomorrow and will run until the end of May
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NewsHealth taxes threaten jobs warns FDF chief
The FDF has warned MPs the next government risks driving companies out of the UK
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NewsMcMeikan calls for business to tackle 'school holiday hunger'
Brakes boss contributed to a report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on hunger..
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NewsIGD launches free workshops to aid reformulation
The workshops are open to manufacturers and caterers across all categories within the food industry…
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NewsSugar levy to be pushed through parliament before general election
Sources expect the levy to go through the Commons today and Lords tomorrow, and to receive Royal Assent by 2 May
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NewsSoft drinks hospital clampdown 'nonsensical' say suppliers
BSDA says move flies in the face of industry efforts to slash sugar content
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NewsAmerican heart journal report raises questions over sweeteners
The report claims artificially sweetened beverages are associated with increased stroke or dementia risk
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NewsSnap General Election could scupper the sugar levy
Health campaigners urge government not to drop sugar levy
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NewsCoco Pops packs shrink as Kellogg's takes out sugar
A big box of Coco Pops has been reduced from 800g to 720g, while the 550g box now weighs 510g
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NewsFree school milk should be extended, urges Tetra Pak
Just 55% of primary-aged children in the UK drank milk at school on average, says report by packaging company
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NewsCoeliac UK sets four gluten-free item target for c-stores
Campaign originally launched for supermarkets and convinced them to stock at least eight staple gluten-free products…
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NewsLords calls for minimum alcohol unit pricing across UK
Government must look at ways pricing can be used to control excessive consumption, says select committee
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NewsOut of home food obesity information 'sparse' says PHE
Just 11 businesses and one trade body had provided “some data” to PHE
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NewsSugar reduction targets: food industry and health lobby react
Public Health England today set out targets for the industry to remove 200,000 tonnes of sugar per year from the UK diet