Health campaigners call on UK government to take urgent obesity action amid pandemicHealth campaign groups including Action On Sugar and Action on Salt, have joined with 47 other organisations in calling on the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson to urgently implement all remaining chapters of the government’s childhood obesity plan. Neill Barston reports Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory
Campaigners present UK government with plans tackling obesity amid coronavirus pandemicA group of health campaigners has delivered a plan to the UK government which it claims will offer a direct strategy in response to a review of how obesity, ethnicity, income and gender can affect the impact of the coronavirus on people’s health. Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Campaigners call for ‘calorie levy’ on unhealthy foodsCampaigners are calling on the government to introduce a calorie levy on processed foods including cakes, biscuits and other confectionery items, in a bid to reduce levels of obesity and other health issues. Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory
