Department of Health

  • Hard choice to swallow

    POLITICIANS FEAR the idea. Environmentalists love it. Consumers don’t understand it. And businesses are beginning to trial it. David Burrows investigates the controversial concept of sustainable diets.   Obesity and diet-related illness are on the increase. Fewer young people are…

  • New pledges for RD

    THREE NEW salt pledges, specifically focused on the catering sector, have been announced by the Department of Health (DH).   The pledges, which are part of the Government’s much-hyped Responsibility Deal on health, will encourage more companies to make their…

  • Responsibility Deal not working

    IT’S BEEN a year since the Government introduced its Public Health Responsibility Deal, and campaigners are suggesting it has been a wasted 12 months.   Which? has assessed the progress of the Deal and is not impressed. The consumer group said the…