All Health articles – Page 124
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NewsE-cigarettes face under-18 sales ban
The government is set to ban the selling of electronic cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18 amid concerns that children are taking up e-cigs and being drawn into smoking.
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Comment & OpinionDispatches doesn't let facts about sugar obscure a good story
Stop with all the sugar bashing! It’s making me eat the stuff!…
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Comment & OpinionCutting sugar won't solve obesity crisis alone
The “demonisation” of sugar as the cause of the obesity epidemic leaves a bitter taste…
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Comment & OpinionSugar hysteria is feeding new food fads
Here we go again – another bout of hysteria sweeps the media…
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Category ReportAdded sugar must be cut, kids yoghurt brands told
Fizzy drinks, cereals and confectionery are obvious whipping boys for the health lobby. But yoghurts, particularly aimed at babies and kids, are also under fire from health campaigners. You can understand why when you look at the sugar content of many kids yoghurts - low-fat and salt products that otherwise ...
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Comment & OpinionThere's more to the obesity crisis than sugar
In the past fortnight, sugar has been singled out as a lead cause of the obesity epidemic in the UK…
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NewsCarbohydrates-probe scientists hit back at Dispatches
Leading scientists’ role in a pivotal government inquiry on carbohydrates was questioned this week…
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Comment & OpinionNew sugar campaign spices up food politics
Sugar has long been a hot political issue. Action on Sugar, launched last week, was about its impact on public health…
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NewsFSA data project takes the fight to horsemeat-style food fraud
The FSA has commissioned a major ‘data mapping’ project that it hopes will help prevent another Horsegate…
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NewsAnti-sugar mood change is 'perilous'
Leading scientists have slammed claims by health groups that sugar should be treated as “the new tobacco”…
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NewsNo evidence for soaring obesity, NOF lobbyist Tam Fry admits
Campaigners who claimed the UK faced soaring obesity admitted they had “no evidence” to back up a ‘doomsday scenario’.
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NewsDH wants new Deal to tackle unhealthy food promotions
The government has given retailers and suppliers a “short window” to agree a voluntary clampdown on promoting HFSS.
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Comment & OpinionThe obesity debate breaks bad
In the obesity debate a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but not as bad as making it up…
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NewsTax high-sugar products, says Responsibility Deal chief
High-sugar products should be hit with a new tax, a senior figure behind the government’s Responsibility Deal has said.
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NewsCut safety limit for BPA in packaging by 90%, says Efsa
The EU’s food watchdog has proposed to cut the safety limit for bisphenol A – a chemical found in some plastic packaging.
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Analysis & FeaturesObesity in the UK: Who’s saying what?
As health bodies debate the scale of the obesity crisis facing the UK, The Grocer rounds up competing claims.
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Comment & OpinionA juicy story
The National Obesity Forum (NOF) has claimed that rising obesity rates in the UK could have been underestimated. But its report has been questioned by the UK Health Forum…
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NewsObesity 'doomsday' claims exaggerated: UK Health Forum
A “doomsday “ scenario for obesity levels in the UK predicted by health campaigners is an exaggeration, according to the UK Health Forum.
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Analysis & Features
CASH heaps pressure on suppliers with sugar switch
Sugar is being portrayed as the new demon, but is the latest campaign from NGOs based on common sense or “snake oil science”?
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NewsPoundland offers £1 fitness sessions with WeightWatchers
With much of the nation embracing a post-Christmas health kick, Poundland is teaming up with WeightWatchers to offer customers £1 personal trainer sessions.