A call for a tax on sugary food and drinks from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh today will hike the pressure on industry to help tackle the UK’s obesity epidemic by making products healthier.
The Public Health Responsibility Deal (PHRD) − which seeks to enlist food manufacturers and others in improving the national diet − is working well on a voluntary basis, health secretary Jeremy Hunt told PHRD partners in a letter today.
Industry should no longer ignore the growing body of evidence suggesting that coffee has a protective effect on cognitive health and diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's, urged an industry expert.
The rising incidence of campylobacteriosis food poisoning in people over 60 in the UK could be partly ascribed to medication for suppressing stomach...
