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NEWS 2010
- Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Obesity news 133 - Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Obesity News 132 - Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
US: McDonald’s threatened with lawsuit over kids happy meal toys - Monday, June 21st, 2010
US: Cartoon characters attract kids to junk food – study - Saturday, June 19th, 2010
UK: The lobbying campaign that won the food labelling battle - Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Australia: Business as usual for food marketers - Friday, June 18th, 2010
Australia: Why is Australia dragging the chain on getting us moving? - Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Europe: EU Parliament rejects ‘traffic light’ food labelling - Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
NZ: ‘Traffic lights’ on food labels proposed - Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Obesity news 131 - Friday, June 11th, 2010
Europe: A red light for consumer information – the food industry’s 1-billion euro campaign to block health warnings on food - Sunday, June 6th, 2010
NZ: Grocery lobby not keen on ‘traffic light’ labels - Sunday, June 6th, 2010
NZ: Food labelling too complicated – study - Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Mexico: Ban on junk foods in schools coming soon - Saturday, May 29th, 2010
US: Why the US Federal Government needs to halt the marketing of unhealthy foods to kids - Friday, May 28th, 2010
NZ: Food labelling review – FOE’s submission - Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
WHO targets child obesity with food marketing curbs - Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
Obesity News 130 - Friday, May 21st, 2010
NZ: Health group calls for government to remove GST from healthy food - Friday, May 21st, 2010
NZ: New ad code for children’s food – FOE’s response - Friday, May 21st, 2010
NZ: Remove GST from healthy food – health group - Thursday, May 20th, 2010
US: The battle over taxing soda - Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
NZ: GST removal only if it makes food cheaper – Labour - Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
UN tackles non-communicable diseases - Saturday, May 15th, 2010
US: Tax junk food or subsidise health food? What works? - Saturday, May 15th, 2010
South Korea: Children’s snacks colour-coded? - Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Australia: Missed chance to tackle obesity - Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
US: White House taskforce issues report on fighting childhood obesity - Saturday, May 8th, 2010
US: Toy ban in Californian county only on unhealthy kid’s meals - Friday, May 7th, 2010
Obesity epidemic may be flattening out – but no time for complacency - Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Australia: Support for junk food advertising levy - Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Canada: TV for young children linked with later problems - Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
US: Nature and Nachos: How fat happens - Friday, April 30th, 2010
NZ: An urgent call for healthy urban planning - Friday, April 30th, 2010
NZ: Urgent call for healthy urban planning - Thursday, April 29th, 2010
US: Government action needed to stop junk food marketing to children - Thursday, April 29th, 2010
NZ: Advertising codes fail children - Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Australia: Food labelling should inform consumers – not mislead - Thursday, April 29th, 2010
US: Californian county could ban fast-food toys - Monday, April 26th, 2010
Obesity News 129 - Saturday, April 24th, 2010
NZ: Maori Party Bill removes GST from healthy food - Friday, April 9th, 2010
NZ: Removing GST from healthy food - Thursday, April 1st, 2010
US: Small taxes on soft soda won’t reduce consumption - Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Obesity News 128 - Friday, March 12th, 2010
UK: Food Standards Agency backs down on traffic-light food labelling - Friday, March 12th, 2010
Obesity News 127 - Thursday, March 11th, 2010
NZ: Consultation on food labelling - Saturday, March 6th, 2010
US: The food industry follows big tobacco’s playbook - Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
NZ: McDonald’s deal with Weight Watchers - Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
NZ: Study proves benefit of price discounts on healthy foods