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August 9th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Analysis conducted by Which? has revealed that the majority of supermarket offers are on less healthy foods, while 52 per cent of confectionery was on sale. The consumer group analysed data for price promotions at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda,...
August 2nd, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Research has suggested that life expectancy can be boosted when eating protein from vegetable sources rather than meat sources. In the largest study analysing the effects different sources of protein have on mortality rates, US researchers looked at...
July 19th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Attempts to fight the growing obesity problem could be hampered by government cuts to public health funding, local councils have warned. Figures from the Local Government Association (LGA) show that £505 million pounds will have been spent on...
July 13th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Research suggests that artificial sweeteners, used as a low-calorie alternative to sugar in food and drinks, may actually increase appetite and lead to weight gain. A study conducted on animals by the University of Sydney and the Garvan Institute of...
July 5th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Parents are inadvertently fuelling the child obesity crisis with their adult sized portions, as one in 10 children are served adult-sized meals on a regular basis, a new study has exposed. Research commissioned by the Infant and Toddler Forum (ITF)...
June 28th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Regular consumption of sports drinks carries a high risk to health, dental experts are claiming, with as many as 9 in 10 children drinking sports drinks. Cardiff University surveyed 160 children from four South Wales schools, all between the ages of...
June 15th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Looking at data from 129 countries, the Global Nutrition Report 2016 has stated that obesity is fuelling a rise in malnutrition around the world, concerning health organisations. According to the data, obesity and under-nutrition in 44 per cent of...
June 1st, 2016 at 12:00 AM

The new planned sugar tax will have nothing to do with sugar content in products and will affect poorer families harder, says the Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA). Research carried out shows that some coffee shop drinks have more sugar content than a...
May 11th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

New research has found evidence that eating a diet with a high amount of junk food, or high levels of fat, cause the same problems as type 2 diabetes in the kidneys. In this study, scientists looked at rats with diabetes, diet-induced obesity and...
May 10th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

A review of existing studies has indicated there is "no convincing evidence" that probiotic food and drink carry benefits for healthy people. The team of researchers in Denmark analysed seven randomised, controlled trials of probiotic products, all...
May 4th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

New research has suggested that eating a small amount of dark chocolate each day could help you reduce your risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Out of all chocolates, none have a higher cocoa content than dark chocolate does, or...
April 28th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

New research has indicated that fructose can cause damage to brain cells, although the scientists also appeared to find that an omega-3 fatty acid reverses these changes. Fructose is a type of sugar, and is found naturally in some fruit and...
April 25th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

People who suffer from heart disease could lower their risk of suffering a stroke or heart attack by eating a Mediterranean diet, according to a new international study carried out by a team in New Zealand. The research involved 15,482 people from...
April 21st, 2016 at 12:00 AM

For the first time, alcohol, processed meat, and being overweight have been linked strongly to stomach cancer. People who drink three alcoholic drinks or more each day, and 50g of processed meat, were found to have a higher risk of developing...
April 11th, 2016 at 12:00 AM

Health experts are calling for the packaging on our food to contain information on how much exercise someone would need to complete, in order to burn off the calories contained in the packet of food. The chief executive of the Royal Society for...
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