Health
Nutrition labels improve understanding
Nutrition labels have a minor impact on New Zealand consumer healthy food choices, according to the latest study from the University of Auckland.
Feb 2, 2017
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Health
Food industry tactics shape public food policies
Lobbying and many other tactics from the junk food industry to defend their products and sway public policies are commonplace and influential, according to University of Auckland global nutrition expert, Professor Boyd Swinburn.
Jan 24, 2017
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Immunology
Science panel urges rewrite of food allergy warning labels
"Made in the same factory as peanuts." ''May contain traces of tree nuts." A new report says the hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain a troublesome ingredient is confusing to people with food allergies, ...
Nov 30, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Nutritionists must take a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to influencing food policy
Nutrition professionals need to step up to the plate and gain a larger portion of influence on food policy in Australia to dilute the heavy concentration of 'food industry' representatives with direct links to food policy ...
Oct 24, 2016
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Health
Scientists find no link between appetite and calorie intake
A new study has revealed there is no link between how hungry we feel and the amount of calories we consume.
Oct 19, 2016
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Health
Economists say sugar taxes likely to be effective
Debates on a proposed tax for sugar sweetened beverages in South Africa have reached fever pitch with the local food and beverage industry squaring up against the proposed sugary drinks tax expected to be implemented in April ...
Aug 30, 2016
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Health
Congress OKs bill requiring first GMO food labels (Update)
Consumers wanting to know if their foods contain genetically modified ingredients will be able to find out for the first time.
Jul 14, 2016
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Health
Things to Know: The Obama administration's sodium guidelines
From cheese to sliced turkey, the Obama administration is encouraging food companies and restaurants to lower the amount of salt in the foods they sell.
Jun 1, 2016
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Health
FDA issues new guidelines on salt, pressuring food industry
The Obama administration is pressuring the food industry to make foods from breads to sliced turkey less salty, proposing long-awaited sodium guidelines in an effort to prevent thousands of deaths each year from heart disease ...
Jun 1, 2016
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Other
Should the food industry fund health research?
In The BMJ today, leading experts debate whether the food industry should fund health research, and if so, under what circumstances.
Apr 20, 2016
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