Self-regulation ads are not for children; they only benefit the food industry
You won’t be the only one who thinks it’s time for something to be done about junk food and children.…
Category: Food and Drinks
There are no miracle diets or foods that can cure or prevent
This is due to the recent global outbreak of novel coronaviruses (SARS-CoV-2). Despite the World Health Organization’s (WHO) efforts to dispel…
Plaid Cymru wants more doctors, but do we need them
The expenditure increase is unlikely to be offset entirely by their pledge to move “towards a paperless NHS that will…
Mary Poppins’ attack by Big Tobacco should backfire
In the print ads and websites, they ask “Do you like living in an nanny-state?” and explain that “the government doesn’t…
Diets and weight loss separating facts from fiction
Welcome to The science behind weight loss, a new Conversation series where we separate the myths about dieting from the…
How to sweeten strawberries without adding calories
I, along with other researchers at the University of Florida studied over 30 varieties of strawberries to find out that…
Cruise ships are floating petri dishes for gastro bugs
Cruises in particular are notorious for gastro outbreaks. In one study that looked at nearly 2,000 cruise ships docking Sydney, 5% reported…
How fast food is reinventing itself as healthy and caring
It is hardly surprising then that the global food and drink industry (also described by critics as “big food”) is…
A new water decade will be key to meeting global development needs
The UN Millennium Development Goals were a mixed bag of mixed emotions. The ambitious international goals, which were meant to improve…
Why kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2, according to a nutritional epidemiologist
It was a decade ago that I tried to spoon-feed my 9-month-old daughter, sitting in her highchair, a pureed vegetable.…