Coca-Cola, Obesity and Conflict
Coca-Cola launched an advert about obesity. You can see the advert here as part of a short clip on ABC news. The ABC news item had an interesting factoid in it: “Sugary sodas are the number one source...
View ArticleAmerican dietitians, big ‘food’ companies & conflict of interest
I obviously follow like minded people on twitter because one item has dominated my timeline over the past 24 hours. Michele Simon, author of the brilliant book Appetite for Profit, has written a report...
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WeightWatchers Rich Toffee Bars
In November 2012 Patsy Kensit was revealed as a new promoter of WeightWatchers®. In the January 8th issue of OK magazine we learned that Patsy used to eat chocolate and now eats WeightWatchers® Rich...
View ArticleGive a child a breakfast – Give me a break!
The alternative title to this post is “How Kellogg’s manipulated mums to get near their children.” This blog is serious and about something seriously clever. It involves one of the two most predatory...
View ArticleKellogg’s & Netmums Part II
This is a follow up to this post. The original post resulted in a number of comments from angry mums who were appalled at the Netmums’ support for Kellogg’s and the general outrage led to this article...
View ArticleThe Australian Heart Foundation & more fat ignorance
A super woman called Jessie has been taking on the Australian Heart Foundation just as I have taken on the British Heart Foundation and so has Dr John Briffa. If you want to keep up with these terrific...
View ArticleWhy the Australian Heart Foundation won’t have evidence against saturated fat
I ended this blog suggesting that we all need to demand evidence for the nutritional nonsense that we hear on a daily basis. I also advised not to hold your breath while waiting for the Australian...
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The British Nutrition Foundation, Food Giants and our Children
We had dinner with friends recently – the proud parents of 11 and 13 year old boys. Mum could not wait to share her outrage that she was being ‘told off’ by school staff for not putting bread or snacks...
View ArticleCoca-cola, exercise & conflicts
The last couple of weeks have seen Coca-Cola in the news quite a bit. Coca-Cola has been having a tough time recently. This summer’s business news reported that revenues for the past year (2014) were...
View ArticleEatwell Guide – conflicts of interest
The new ‘eatwell’ guide, no longer a plate, was issued on March 16th 2016. This is my view of that guide. This post is about the group behind the guide. When Unilever take out adverts in national UK...
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Food companies don’t want you to know how much sugar is added
Avid readers of the Washington post may have noticed this interesting blog. As Roberto Ferdman said in the headline - it's the Food & Drug administration (FDA) battle you probably don't know...
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Tesco reducing sugar in soft drinks & what has salt got to do with it
I was on the Victoria Derbyshire show on Friday 22nd May 2015, speaking to Joanna Gosling about an Action on Sugar press release about Tesco plans to reduce sugar in their own-label soft drinks. I was...
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Sugar tax – what and why?
Last week’s news has been full of stories about a sugar tax. A report from Public Health England (PHE) was due to be published on 17th July 2015. A report emerged last week, but the circumstances were...
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Dolmio warnings: corporate responsibility or marketing genius?
I used to work for Mars. I was not long out of university and it was a blue chip employer that people were desperate to work for – people still do aspire to work for Mars and they are right to in many...
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Children ordering takeaways to school
On Thursday 23rd June 2016, some newspapers reported that “one in four children have ordered a takeaway to be delivered to their school”. The source of the newspaper articles was a press release by...
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The difficulty of being a parent in a sugar pushing world
I remember when I was younger, the excitement I felt when I found a key ring or pen with my name on it. The idea of having one's name on something is strangely appealing. This has not escaped...
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The BHF: Cocoa & Margarine
On 20th January 2017, the British Heart Foundation tweeted an attack on cocoa. I didn’t see it until someone brought it to my attention yesterday. I tweeted back the nutritional information for cocoa...
View ArticleSoybean heart healthy claim
Many thanks to Sally Fallon Morell for this week’s topic. Sally sent me notification of a recent FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) approval of a “qualified health claim” for soybean oil and...
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US dietitians & their monopoly on dietary advice
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction When you receive this, I will be on the plane on the way back from Madison, Wisconsin. I was delighted to be invited to speak at the...
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Kellogg’s, milk & sugar
Executive Summary * In an effort to address general, and specifically childhood, obesity, the government in England has proposed restrictions on promotions of foods deemed unhealthy. * The...
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