http://foe.org.nz Stop our children developing type 2 diabetes. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:33:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Food Standards Agency has decided on a front-of-pack food labelling scheme.  Food manufacturers will be encouraged to use three elements: traffic light colours (red, amber and green), text (high, medium or low) and percentage Guideline Daily Amounts (% GDAs). The Agency says it does not support front-of-pack labels using only ... http://foe.org.nz/2010/03/12/uk-food-standards-agency-backs-down-on-traffic-light-food-labelling/ Obesity News is FOE’s regular round-up of obesity-prevention news from around the world. Read the latest issue: (12 March 2010) Read earlier issues of Obesity News http://foe.org.nz/2010/03/12/obesity-news-127/ Do you have  ideas on how to improve food labelling in New Zealand?  If so, now is the time to share them. A panel overseeing a review of food labels in Australia and New Zealand is about to start public consultations.  It has released a consultation paper and there will be ... http://foe.org.nz/2010/03/11/nz-consultation-on-food-labelling/ Weight Watchers has done a deal with fast food chain McDonald's to endorse some items on its menu. FOE's Dr Robyn Toomath says that: "It would be great to see McDonald's sales data from 3 or 6 months down the track. If they show a drop (in absolute terms) of ... http://foe.org.nz/2010/03/03/nz-mcdonalds-does-deal-with-weight-watchers/ Price discounts are more effective than nutrition education in encouraging people to buy healthier foods, according to New Zealand research. The Supermarket Health Options Project (SHOP) study tracked the food purchases of over 1000 shoppers at eight Pak' N Save supermarkets in the lower North Island. Half of the shoppers ... http://foe.org.nz/2010/03/03/nz-study-proves-benefit-of-price-discounts-on-healthy-foods/ Obesity News is FOE’s regular round-up of obesity-prevention news from around the world. Read the latest issue: (22 February 2010) Read earlier issues of Obesity News http://foe.org.nz/2010/02/22/obesity-news-newsletter/ Romania is planning to introduce a tax on fast food with high sugar or fat content, making it the first country in the world to do so.  Officials are analysing the nutritional content of 40,000 fast foods and drinks to decide what exactly should be taxed.  The legislation will go ... http://foe.org.nz/2010/02/20/romania-junk-food-tax-coming-up/ Obesity News is FOE's regular round-up of obesity-prevention news from around the world. Read the latest issue (4 Feb 2010) Read earlier issues of Obesity News http://foe.org.nz/2010/02/04/obesity-news-125/ Professor Rod Jackson's views on obesity The latest New Zealand Listener has a feature article focusing on some contentious views about obesity held by Professor Rod Jackson from the University of Auckland's School of Population Health.  Most of what he says is sensible.  Some is not. Jackson starts by calling for a ... http://foe.org.nz/2010/01/18/nz-rod-jackson-on-obesity-listener-article/ Obesity News is FOE's regular round-up of obesity-prevention news from around the world. Read the latest issue (17 Jan 2010) Read earlier issues of Obesity News http://foe.org.nz/2010/01/17/obesity-news-124/