National Obesity Forum

  • Foodservice Footprint Retail-fizzy-drinks End of sugar quotas bad for obesity Grocery sector news updates Out of Home sector news University of Cambridge Tam Fry Sugary Drinks Strategie Grains news-email National Obesity Forum Foodnavigator.com emai-news DWF Dominic Watkins

    End of sugar quotas bad for obesity

    Health campaigners have suggested that scrapping the EU’s sugar quota regime could undermine the tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. Defra and the EU’s agriculture ministers are “gung-ho” for the new sugar regime, which will see quotas scrapped, said Tam Fry from… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Retail-fizzy-drinks Hats off to the Government Features Features Out of Home News Analysis University of Oxford Tam Fry Sigar Tax Roger White Public Health England National Obesity Forum Jon Woods Jamie Oliver Institute for Fiscal Studies Ian Wright Health Foundation Green Budget George Osborne Gavin Partington FDF Coca Cola BSDA Britvic Anita Charlesworth AG Barr

    Hats off to the Government

    Easter bunnies, bitter blows and the thirst for more of the same. David Burrows reflects on the story of the sugar tax so far. In february all the talk was about the rabbit the prime minister might pull out of… Read More

  • Salt cuts causing sugar highs in some foods

    CONSUMERS ARE being warned of the hidden sugar in some everyday products marketed as being healthier.   Ready meals, soups, sauces and yoghurts have all been found to contain high levels of sugar.   Manufacturers keen to market products as… Read More

  • Pasties and pies, death and taxes

    MORE BAD news for pie and pasty-makers this week thanks to a new campaign by Peta (the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).   The pro-vegetarian group placed a huge billboard ad in Gloucester, replete with a huge coffin-shaped… Read More