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Food and beverage industry resists measures to tackle NCDs
Research has highlighted reticence from the global food and beverage industry to fully get behind public health guidance aimed at tackling NCDs.
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Voluntary calorie and salt reduction guidelines published for food industry
Following evidence that being overweight can increase the health risks from COVID-19, the British Government has published new voluntary calorie and salt reduction guidelines for the food industry and is encouraging businesses to implement them.
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Report calls on UK Government to invest in healthy food innovation
The report found that consumers would be willing to embrace change when it comes to healthy foods if the Government invested in innovation and implemented a number of new healthy food measures.
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Food manufacturers urged to consider using prunes to reduce fat content
The call follows a Public Health England evidence review revealing that excess weight can increase the risk of serious illness from COVID-19, and the subsequent series of measures announced by the UK Government to curb obesity.
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Government unveils new obesity strategy
The British Government has published its new obesity strategy, but there has been a mix of responses and opinions from industry...
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UK Government urged to implement obesity prevention recommendations
Ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to address obesity in the UK, charities and researchers have called for the childhood obesity prevention plan to include all recommendations set out in an evidence-based package - including advertising restrictions.
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Scotland pauses ban on junk food promotions
A bill which intended to place restrictions on junk food promotions in Scotland has been paused due coronavirus.
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Food industry must share blame for obesity pandemic and severity of COVID-19 disease
Obesity is an independent and modifiable risk factor for more severe illness and death from COVID-19, say researchers from Queen Mary University of London.
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Calling time on irresponsible junk food advertising to children
In light of the global 'stay at home' message and subsequent increased levels of snacking, Holly Gabriel, Action on Sugar, explains how the need to base food advertising regulation and public health goals on scientific evidence has never been more critical.
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Advocacy groups call for standardised advertising of HFSS foods
After complaints about brands advertising unhealthy foods to children during a YouTube exercise video, Action on Salt and Sugar and Children’s Food Campaign have called on all food and beverage companies to refrain from advertising any food or drink high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) before 9pm.
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Action on Sugar and Action on Salt call for unhealthy advertising ban during lockdown
The campaign groups claimed that some food companies, including big brands, have been capitalising on the government’s ‘stay home’ message by heavily promoting unhealthy food, sometimes to the "most vulnerable members of society."
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Researchers identify digestive-brain axis which controls food choice
A research team has been working find out how food flavours and textures can influence behaviour by describing a novel digestive-brain axis identified in mice, which they say could be relevant for treating obesity.
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COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate childhood obesity, experts warn
As children stay home, potentially for the rest of the academic year, public health experts have urged policy makers to introduce new measures that would promote healthy eating and exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coconut oil reduces metabolic syndrome in obese females, study finds
The researchers wanted to learn whether eating a small amount of coconut oil could improve metabolism, despite consumption of a Western-style diet in which 49 percent of daily calories come from fat.
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Action on Salt says more can still be done to protect public health
Action on Salt has welcomed the UK governments renewed commitment to salt reduction, but has proposed the targets could go further to better protect public health.
