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Macphie Launches New Reduced Sugar Range of Cakes and Frostings
Oct 11, 2016Macphie has launched new reduced sugar range of cakes and frostings, which is trimming around 30% of sugar from some of its product The new range includes Reduced Sugar Mississippi Muffin/Cake Mixes, available in plain and chocolate. With ...
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Technogym Charts Success From Let's Move Campaign
Mar 23, 2016Technogym, a wellness and fitness company, has seen wide success from its social media campaign to raise awareness in the fight to end childhood obesity. The spot, Let's Move for a Better World challenge, ran from March 1-19, 2016. "Now ...
Tags: Technogym, Social media campaign
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Sugar Tax Doesn't Help Fight Obesity: Katherine Rich
Mar 22, 2016The chief executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC) Katherine Rich has told Australian Food News today that the UK”s announced sugar tax will not help fight obesity. Under the UK tax, drinks which contain more ...
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UK Government Scraps Sugar Tax Proposal on High-Calorie Products
Feb 16, 2016The UK government has scrapped the proposal of levying sugar tax on food and drink products, which are believed to contain high calories and culprits for growing obesity levels in the country. The government is believed to be not in ...
Tags: High-Calorie Products, Sugar
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Health Canada Is Contemplating to Remove Fruit Juices From The Category
May 21, 2015Health Canada is contemplating to remove fruit juices from the category of healthy dietary choices under Canada's Food Guide as juices increasingly come under the scanner for promoting obesity. The current Food Guide recommends ...
Tags: Health Canada, Fruit Juices
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Plain Tobacco Pack and Clear Food Labelling
Apr 16, 2015The Conservative Party has reiterated its plans to forge ahead with plain cigarette packaging legislation as well as promoting “clear food information”. In a section on health in its new manifesto, the party states: ...
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Food Law and Policy Development
Apr 2, 2015It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
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Relation Between Sugar-Sweetened Drinks and The Age at Which Girls Have Their First Period
Jan 29, 2015Girls who frequently consume sugary drinks tend to start their menstrual periods earlier than girls who do not, according to new research from Harvard Medical School in Boston. The study, published online today in Human Reproduction, one ...
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The ToyNews Retail Advisory Board Gives Its Views on The First Major Holiday of This Year
Apr 21, 2014The ToyNews Retail Advisory Board gives its views on the first major holiday of this year "Easter is the second biggest selling time behind Christmas," according to some of the UK's leading toy retailers. Traditionally a gifting period ...
Tags: Toys, Easter Toys
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NAGA:Shellie Pfohl and Anthony Robles Has Joined Its List of Speakers
Feb 14, 2014The National Sporting Goods Association announced that Shellie Pfohl and Anthony Robles has joined its list of speakers for the 50th NSGA Management Conference and 16th Team Dealer Summit. ADVERTISEMENT Pfohl, the executive director of ...
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Childhood Obesity Rates Have Nearly Tripled in The Previous 30 Years
Feb 14, 2014Childhood obesity rates have nearly tripled in the previous 30 years and researchers are asking the important question of how this epidemic will impact the future health of these obese children and public health in general. A University of ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Childhood obesity
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Sixteen Leading Food and Beverage Companies in The US Sold 6.4 Trillion Fewer Calories
Feb 7, 2014Sixteen leading food and beverage companies in the US sold 6.4 trillion fewer calories in the US in 2012 than they did in 2007, according to the findings of a report funded by health organisation the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). ...
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Obese Children Exposed to High Levels of Air Pollutants Were Nearly Three Times
Jan 23, 2014Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three times as likely to have asthma, compared with non-obese children and lower levels of pollution exposure, report researchers at Columbia University Medical Center ...
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Single Dietary Interventions Are Not Effective at Increasing Fruit, Vegetable Consumption
Jan 22, 2014Public health researchers from The University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children and will not halt the global epidemic in childhood ...
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Public Health Researchers Have Found Single Dietary Interventions Are Not Effective
Jan 20, 2014Public health researchers from The University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children and will not halt the global epidemic in childhood ...