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30 Jan Reductions in sugar sales from soft drinks in the UK from 2015 to 2018

Posted at 11:01h in Advocacy by Kim Tucker

Action by the soft drinks industry to reduce sugar in products and change their product portfolios, coupled with changes in consumer purchasing, has led to a significant reduction in the volume of sugars sold in soft drinks in the UK with accelerated change noted after...

03 Oct Alcohol use Fact Sheet

Posted at 12:55h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Alcohol Healthwatch has prepared a fact sheet to accompany the results from the Tier 1 statistics (prevalence of past-year drinking and hazardous drinking)....

03 Oct Sugar content in soft drinks cut by a third

Posted at 11:28h in Advocacy by Kim Tucker

Public Health England's latest progress report on the food and drinks industry's sugar cutting efforts reveal significant changes in areas where the sugar tax applies, but disappointing lack of progress with the voluntary sugar reduction programme....

03 Oct Caffeine

Posted at 11:17h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Caffeine occurs naturally in foods, such as coffee, tea and cocoa and has a long history of safe use as a mild stimulant. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) have put together a useful fact sheet on caffeine that states the caffeine content of some foods...

16 Sep Energy in alcoholic drinks – fact sheet

Posted at 13:06h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This new fact sheet provides information on energy in common alcoholic drinks in the absence of energy labelling. It includes a graphic of kilojoules in alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and foods with data sourced from the New Zealand Food Composition Database. The intended audience is...

14 Mar Sugary Drinks Reduced by 50 Percent

Posted at 08:48h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

The Californian city of Berkeley has now seen a 50 per cent decrease in sugary drink consumption and Kiwi dentists are not surprised. The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) continues to advocate for a sugary drink tax, which is in line with World Health Organization (WHO)...

20 Feb Public health and the food and drinks industry: The governance and ethics of interaction. Lessons from research, policy and practice

Posted at 15:31h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

Public health and the food and drinks industry: The governance and ethics of interaction. Lessons from research, policy and practice This publication aims: To increase awareness and understanding of the ethical challenges that may arise from public-private interactions for the prevention of nutrition-related NCDs across research,...

09 May Caffeine

Posted at 12:17h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Caffeine: This Health Promotion Agency ‘Behind the Hype’ information sheet highlights the effect caffeine can have on the body, the amount of caffeine in common food and drinks, and who should limit their intake ...

30 Jan Nelson City Council Sugar Sweetened Beverage Policy

Posted at 11:34h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This Nelson City Council policy removed sugar sweetened beverages from council operated vending machines and from any council workplaces such as libraries or functions held at Civic House. (2016)...

14 Dec Healthy Food and Drink Policy for the Health Sector and Other Organisations

Posted at 13:16h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

The Ministry of Health has worked with District Health Boards (DHBs) to develop a National Healthy Food and Drink Policy for the health sector. A similar policy has also been developed that other organisations can use (2016)....

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