All Health articles – Page 144
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News
A Light at Heart way to halve sugar intake
Tate & Lyle is claiming its newest product - a blend of sugar and herbal extract stevia - halves the sugar consumers need to use.
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NewsSelfridges raw milk dispenser could be shut
A new raw milk dispenser at Selfridges’ flagship store may have to be removed after the FSA claimed sale of the milk contravened food hygiene legislation.
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Comment & 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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NewsTesco trials screens ahead of ban on tobacco display
Tesco is gearing up for next year’s tobacco display ban by trialling screens across the front of tobacco kiosks.
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News‘Water may prevent dehydration – but that’s not a disease’
The EU has not banned the industry from claiming that water prevents dehydration – contrary to this week’s press reports.
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NewsHeinz ‘committed’ to cutting health scare chemical BPA
Heinz has vowed to further reduce its use of a chemical at the centre of a canned soup health scare.
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Comment & Opinion
Ditching analysis will fix nothing
Councils need detailed scrutiny of the obesity problem to help tackle it
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NewsHow seriously has this week’s food scare damaged Premier?
Having shown tentative signs of recovery, Premier Foods is now being forced to confront the manufacturer’s “nightmare scenario”, says Hannah Stodell
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News
Fast food outlets ‘are as bad as strip clubs’
Food outlets have been branded as much of a “public nuisance” as strip clubs, as Birmingham City Council proposed strict measures to curb the number of takeaways.
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NewsForecourts close gap with mults in fight against underage sales
Forecourt retailers are catching up with supermarkets in enforcing ID checks for cigarettes and alcohol, a survey seen exclusively by The Grocer reveals.
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News‘Nudging isn’t working’: MPs round on Responsibility Deal
MPs have launched a scathing attack on the government’s Responsibility Deal, branding voluntary agreements with the food and drink trade inadequate.
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Comment & 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 & 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 & 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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NewsCalorie counting won’t work, warns industry
The food industry is on collision course with the government over Andrew Lansley’s plans to tackle the obesity crisis, The Grocer can reveal. Insiders negotiating on the next stage of the Responsibility Deal claimed this week that the…
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NewsTasty Little Numbers calorie count
First it was the round pound. Now retailers have the option to stock the round-calorie. The new Tasty Little Numbers brand which comprises bagged snacks, chocolate bars and snack pots that contain exactly 100 or 200 calories is taking…
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Analysis & FeaturesDesmond 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 & 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 & 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 & 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.