All Health articles – Page 144
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Armagnac in fat rat testing
New research suggests Armagnac can help fight obesity when drunk regularly and in moderation. Scientists at the University of Bordeaux found that when laboratory rats on a high-fat diet were given Armagnac, they didn't gain weight in the...
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Shoppers see this ban for the absurd nonsense it is
As a leading food company, Dairy Crest believes strongly that we must act responsibly towards our consumers and act within Government guidelines. It is just common sense. The growth of obesity is becoming a real danger, not only to our...
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From fat fighting fit
The UK's biggest selling brands are undergoing an all-too quiet revolution. Embracing the need to tackle the growing obesity crisis, responding to changing consumer tastes, manufacturers (and retailers) are spending millions on changing recipes - in...
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Get a sense of proportion!
Everyone loves a scapegoat. The government and the British public are so busy blaming someone else for rising obesity they seem to have forgotten their own part in it all. Successive governments until recently have all but ignored sport as part of...
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Trans-fats: the new smoking
Sir; The mountain of recent research published on trans-fat has brought food ingredients back into focus, but yet again the food press doesn't look to the future or to the issue as a whole. The unnatural trans-fats we have become excited by are...
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Foreign focus
It's January, and boom time for suppliers of smoking cessation aids. Almost half of all smokers in the UK have made some attempt to quit smoking over the previous year, but that figure is almost certainly boosted in the new year, with the 'New...
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Smoking out the new trends
Tobacco is holding its own. Despite ever-more stringent legislation, the category has barely dropped in value since this time last year. The fall of just 0.1%, represents a slowdown in its long-term decline after last year's slightly steeper...
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Buyer's View
The most noticeable aspect in the market this year was that there was actually a 6% growth in sales of tobacco in our Scottish stores - despite the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces imposed north of the border earlier this year....
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In Brief: Tobacco sales up; Self-checkout units; Asda local thrives
Tobacco sales up Sales of tobacco have grown 6% y-o-y in Scottish Spars despite the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces north of the border, according to Liz Aked, tobacco buyer. Self-checkout...
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We've united to deliver not just a label, but a lifestyle
The Food and Drink Federation has recently established a group to focus on key issues relating to the nation's health. Obesity cannot be addressed by one organisation alone and we are working with government to meet this challenge. As...
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We've united to deliver not just a label, but a lifestyle
The Food and Drink Federation has recently established a group to focus on key issues relating to the nation's health. Obesity cannot be addressed by one organisation alone and we are working with government to meet this challenge.As...
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Conference acts to counteract obesity
This week, ministers from 53 countries met at a conference in Istanbul to sign a European Charter on Counteracting Obesity. Are boardrooms quaking in their boots? I doubt it. But it's the latest sign that politicians realise obesity is to...
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Obesity: maybe fatty animals are to blame
Obesity isn't just a problem for humans, according to a British academic. Thanks to modern farming, animals are too fat, and as well as leading to obesity in humans, this is also contributing to a growing incidence of mental ill health,...
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Check up for small shops
What could be more logical? Families from disadvantaged communities need more help choosing a healthy diet, ergo small stores serving such communities are the salve for the country's obesity crisis. Get them to stock more salads and council...
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"It's still a lot easier to put the blame on food manufacturers than to make people get off their lazy, fat derrières"
In the past six months the government has finally started to widen the remit of public health minister Caroline Flint, so that exercise as well as diet is considered in the ongoing obesity obsession. Two years on from the government White Paper,...
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Is mass CBT the cure for obesity?
Last week, bronchitic, I went to my doctor. He also weighed and measured me, discussed my diet, alcohol intake and lifestyle. Impressive. All was entered into the database. The next day, the government announced that the UK's obesity rates are...
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Dairy UK 'has clout over the key issues'
On its second anniversary, Dairy UK has been hailed as an increasingly effective and respected organisation by chairman David Curry. The dairy industry body has confronted issues including salt, traffic-light labelling, child obesity and...
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Charles provokes fury over salmon
Scottish salmon farmers are said to be furious that Prince Charles' famous Duchy Originals brand is importing Alaskan salmon for smoking in Scotland.The Prince's decision to source wild Marine Stewardship Council-accre-dited salmon from...
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The cuttings
It was back to school for thousands of children - but not back to school dinners as they knew them last term. Turkey twizzlers and fizzy drinks are now off the menu as the government's drive to tackle childhood obesity by improving standards in...
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"Convenience is bigger than organic, fair trade, premium. Perhaps that will be the next target for the health police"
Sanity at last. This week's Foresight report on the obesity epidemic included some pretty scary numbers. But underscoring its predictions was the reasoned opinion that our biology is out of synch with our environment: that automation, public...