FDF slams Channel 4 sugar programme ‘as misleading’

By Michael Stones

22-Jan-2014 Last updated on 24-Jul-2024 at 15:03 GMT

Food manufacturers’ organisation the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has slammed a Channel 4 programme on sugar – screened earlier this week (January 20) as – “highly misleading”.

New gout research indicates nation’s health: nutritionist

20-Jan-2014

By Nicholas Robinson

Food manufacturers, retailers and consumers are walking “blindly” into an obesity epidemic, independent nutritionist Dr Carrie Ruxton has said following a report outlining the UK’s soaring gout problem.

‘We exaggerated obesity crisis’: pressure group

20-Jan-2014

By Michael Stones

Influential lobby group the National Obesity Forum (NOF) has admitted exaggerating the severity of the UK’s national obesity crisis and relying on anecdotal evidence, rather than scientific research, in its State of the Nation’s Waistline report...

Obesity counterattack: sugar reduction campaign in quotes

13-Jan-2014

By Rod Addy

Prominent nutritionists have provided their exclusive feedback on Action on Sugar’s sugar reduction campaign, designed to combat the rising incidence of obesity in the UK.