National Obesity Forum

Salt cuts causing sugar highs in some foods

CONSUMERS ARE being warned of the hidden sugar in some everyday products marketed as being healthier.                         Ready meals, soups, sauces and yoghurts have all been found to contain high levels of sugar.   Manufacturers keen to market products as “low in fat” or [...]

Pasties and pies, death and taxes

MORE BAD news for pie and pasty-makers this week thanks to a new campaign by Peta (the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).   The pro-vegetarian group placed a huge billboard ad in Gloucester, replete with a huge coffin-shaped pie and the words: ‘Not ready to meat your maker? Fight obesity: go vegan.’   [...]