Junk Food

  • The right kind of profile?

    The right kind of profile?

    The stakes surrounding junk food marketing restrictions got a whole heap higher this week after the UK Government launched a consultation on its plan to apply a new nutrient profiling model (NPM) to food regulations

  • Junk food bill delay divides opinion

    Junk food bill delay divides opinion

    News that Scotland will not be moving forward with a proposed ban on junk food promotions has received a mixed response from business groups and campaigners. The Scottish Food and Drink Federation said the decision not to introduce the Restricting…

  • Balancing desire and ethics

    FOOTPRINT ANALYSES the results of the results of three reports to identify the sustainability expectations of diners.                       There was a time when consumers left their ethics at the front…

  • Advertising laws still too soft on junk foods

    RULES DESIGNED to clamp down on online advertising  junk food to children have been slammed.   Two years on from extending the non-broadcast advertising rules to cover websites and social media, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is failing children. Food…

  • ‘The Obesity Games’

    JUNK FOOD brands should be excluded from sponsoring sporting events, according to the Children’s Food Campaign.     London 2012 sponsors attacked in new report   In a hard-hitting new report, the campaigning group claims that the power of corporate…