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NEWS 2009
- Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Australia: Junk food meal toys claimed not to foster ‘pester power - Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
NZ: Fags and fat seminar papers available on FOE website - Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Taiwan: Considering a junk food tax - Sunday, December 20th, 2009
UK: Mothers misled by manipulative food manufacturers – survey - Thursday, December 17th, 2009
US: Junk food ads reign on kids’ web sites - Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
US: Sometimes a snack isn’t just a snack. It’s a slippery slope - Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
US: Industry self-regulation not working. Foods advertised to children on TV remain nutritionally poor - Sunday, December 13th, 2009
NZ: Junking our kids’ futures - Thursday, December 10th, 2009
NZ: Full sugar drinks out of schools - Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
NZ: Food companies ‘tactics’ as bad as tobacco firms’ - Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
NZ: Fags and Fat: Learning from tobacco control - Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
NZ: Obesity News 123 - Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
NZ: Government policy backtracking threatens public health - Saturday, November 28th, 2009
NZ: Health Cheque – book review - Friday, November 27th, 2009
NZ: Gareth Morgan launches health website - Monday, November 9th, 2009
NZ: Obesity News 122 - Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
NZ: Renewed call for ban on junk food in schools - Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
NZ: Fruit in schools programme to continue - Monday, November 2nd, 2009
US: Decrease in physical activity may not be a factor in increased US teen obesity rates - Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Australia: Pre-schoolers not active enough: study - Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Australia and NZ: Food labelling law and policy to be reviewed - Friday, October 23rd, 2009
NZ: Changes to food labelling needed to tackle obesity - Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
NZ: Obesity News 121 - Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Australia: Educators back McDonald’s role in schools - Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Australia: McDonald’s tutoring program - Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Australia: Misleading food labelling fattens Australian children - Monday, October 19th, 2009
NZ: Smartcard to help low income families buy healthy food - Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
NZ: Obesity News 120 - Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
NZ: Government wrong to dump school food guidelines says public - Friday, September 11th, 2009
NZ: Call for soft drink ban in schools - Thursday, September 10th, 2009
NZ: Obesity News 119 - Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Australia: Junk logic is shielding junk food adverts - Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Australia: Conflicting Australian reports released on same day - Saturday, September 5th, 2009
NZ: Smart-card proposal to combat NZ obesity - Friday, September 4th, 2009
NZ: Pupils’ vegetable gardens under funding threat - Friday, August 28th, 2009
NZ: Mother’s diet has life-long implications for children - Thursday, August 27th, 2009
UK: Opinions split on junk food ads - Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
NZ: Obesity News 118 - Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Australia: Ban on junk food TV ads the most cost-effective way to reduce childhod obesity – researchers - Saturday, August 15th, 2009
NZ: Sport’s no substitute for good diet - Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
NZ: More sport won’t stop the obesity epidemic - Monday, August 10th, 2009
NZ: Less TV better for children: expert - Friday, August 7th, 2009
US: TV food ads increase kids snacking - Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
NZ: McDonald’s granted consent for Balmoral restaurant - Monday, July 27th, 2009
Australia: Slim chance of action - Monday, July 27th, 2009
NZ: The price of free choice - Saturday, July 25th, 2009
NZ: Media nonsense about BMI - Monday, July 13th, 2009
NZ: We take third place in OECD obesity ranking - Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Australia: Would you like a cartoon character with that? - Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Australia: Health groups want ban on junk-food marketing ploys