Health and Vitality

  • Foodservice Footprint fruit-sweets Sugaring the Brexit pill Health and Vitality Out of Home News Analysis  Professor Jack Winkler news-email London Metropolitan University DEFRA

    Sugaring the Brexit pill

    Britain’s sugar policy is a contradictory mess – but leaving the EU is a chance to bring agriculture and health goals into line. By Professor Jack Winkler. The UK government is drowning in dissent, divisions, plots and power struggles. The… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint shutterstock_61699573 Restaurants fuelling obesity with sugar-laden kids meals Health and Vitality

    Restaurants fuelling obesity with sugar-laden kids meals

    Puddings with three times the daily sugar allowance and poor availability of fruit and veg are examples of “continuing poor practice” amongst many high street restaurants when it comes to children’s meals. Using information from secret diner families, the Soil… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-38 Childhood obesity: meet the new plan, same as the old plan Health and Vitality Out of Home News Analysis

    Childhood obesity: meet the new plan, same as the old plan

    The government’s new research unit looks suspiciously like it was cobbled together to head off claims of inaction, writes David Burrows. Twelve months ago the UK government slipped out its long-awaited plan to tackle childhood obesity. The document represented “the… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint vectorstock_925772 Does fat deserve a retrial? Comment Health and Vitality  news-email

    Does fat deserve a retrial?

    Why defenders are fighting to clear the reputation of a nutrient they say has been unfairly blamed for the obesity epidemic. By Nick Hughes. As sugar begins a long sentence for its role in the obesity epidemic a campaign is… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Waste-Watch-2 EU health ministers call for more effective policies to tackle childhood obesity Health and Vitality

    EU health ministers call for more effective policies to tackle childhood obesity

    Europe’s health ministers believe there is “ample evidence” to justify tougher restrictions junk food advertising, especially online. Members of the employment, social policy, health and consumer affairs council (EPSCO) also criticised the self-regulatory approach favoured by many countries. In new… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint shutterstock_283206281 Brits baffled by sugar tax Health and Vitality  HVT weekly email

    Brits baffled by sugar tax

    Nearly eight in 10 people are aware that there’s a new tax on sugar being introduced but they don’t have a clue what products will be covered. In a survey of 539 adults by Nielsen, not one correctly identified that… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Burger-e1472740334969 EU rules on junk food marketing watered down Health and Vitality  HVT weekly email

    EU rules on junk food marketing watered down

    Plans to revise the rules around advertising of junk food to children have been watered down by the European Parliament, according to campaigners. The audiovisual media services directive (AVMSD) is a package of laws covering television advertising and shopping, sponsorship… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Sugar-rush Politicians side-tracked by sugar taxes Health and Vitality  HVT weekly email

    Politicians side-tracked by sugar taxes

    Politicians have been distracted by sugar taxes rather than led the fight to tackle obesity from all angles, according to Richard Dobbs, senior partner at McKinsey and lead author of his firm’s seminal report on obesity in 2014. Dobbs claimed… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Screen-Shot-2017-03-29-at-13.17.52 Report: Healthier reformulation is a recipe for success Health and Vitality  Recipe for Change Report news-email Nestle Professional Footprint Intelligence

    Report: Healthier reformulation is a recipe for success

    Reformulating products to make them healthier helps companies meet unrecognised customer need and keep pace with new market trends to create valuable business opportunities, according to a new report. Commissioned by Nestlé Professional and produced by Footprint, the Recipe for… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F43-Opinion A new recipe for fighting obesity Comment Health and Vitality  PHE news-email Jack Winkler

    A new recipe for fighting obesity

    In an age of austerity, reformulation rather than regulation is the policy of choice for tackling the crisis. By Professor Jack Winkler. MSPs on the health and sport committee in Holyrood wrote to the health minister, Aileen Campbell, last month… Read More