Food manufacturers are being asked to take some responsibility for public health and make more nutritional products after a study found that magazine adverts were mainly for foods high in sugar, fat and salt.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
has issued the first-ever national guideline addressing both the
prevention and treatment of obesity in adults and children.
A UK food industry body has claimed to be 'baffled' by the Faculty
of Public Health (FPH)'s call for more food industry action in
cutting salt from processed foods.
Government cannot be the only actor with responsibility over the
current obesity crisis, said UK prime minister Tony Blair in a key
note speech on public health yesterday.
Halting the deadly rise in childhood obesity will not be achieved
without stronger leadership from the top, warns a stark new report
from three UK watchdogs.
The British government is expected to release a long-awaited policy
paper on public health today with plans to curb public smoking,
tackle obesity and address the way food companies target children
through advertising.
The alcohol policies of two EU Member States have been the focus of
differing judgements this week. Both France and Sweden claim that
their policies are designed to protect public health - but this, it
seems, is only acceptable when...
Sterilox Technologies' A-2000 sterilisation and disinfection
generator has received food equipment safety certification from
public health body NSF International. This certification is granted
to food equipment and devices used...
Obesity - a growing problem, not just in the West, and not just in
adults. Governments around the world are increasingly concerned
about the rise of obesity in childhood. But how are we tackling the
problem? Perhaps not very well....
