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It is a major public health mistake to delay or cancel restrictions on unhealthy products
Public accounts committee warns that consumers and companies face ‘greater risks and costs’
Lobby groups tell Kemi Badenoch minimum food, green and animal welfare standards needed in future post-Brexit deals
Honey & Co’s delicious three-course meal is designed to delight all your guests, whatever their dietary directives
Campaigners fear move could lead to scrapping of measures against unhealthy food and drinks
Entrepreneurs develop alternatives to products often linked to deforestation and child labour
Lack of proposals to reduce meat and dairy consumption breaks the law, say campaigners
Over half of all US adults take them
Expanding waistlines have little to do with individual responsibility, and everything to do with how we live and work
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy uses a hormone to regulate hunger. It’s wildly effective, but is it misguided?
US cereal maker fails to halt regulations that will curb promotion of high-sugar food
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Review finds post-Brexit delay in establishing border controls for high-risk produce poses safety threat
Boris Johnson’s new health strategy is undermined by stress on ‘individual responsibility’, experts say
Retailers in England must stop using prominent locations to promote products high in fat, sugar or salt by October
Pandemic puts tackling obesity back in focus as shareholders urge action
Development could advance global efforts to tackle vitamin D deficiency affecting around 1bn people
Crackdown on free soft drink refills and limits on junk food advertising also postponed
Agriculture and veterinary industries concerned about risk of British livestock contracting diseases from the EU
It is right to regulate companies that managed to convince us ultra-processed stuff is nutritional
US maker of brands including Rice Krispies says it is being unfairly penalised
Advocates of intermittent fasting say it makes you sharper and slows ageing. But when does it become dangerous?
Employers are starting to offer coaching to staff in an effort to manage Type 2 diabetes — one of the US’s costliest diseases
World’s largest ice-cream maker pledges to assess performance against six measures
In this joint commission from The Lancet and Financial Times on Governing Health Futures 2030, we explore how AI and other digital advancements are being harnessed to improve healthcare in the world’s poorest regions
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