Australian women are not eating enough healthy food and exercising less, according to a study into women’s health.
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Wal-Mart offers discounts on healthy foods: should Australia follow suit?
America’s largest supermarket has teamed up with a leading insurance company to offer healthy foods at a reduced price.
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Zimbabwe urged to lift ban on GM food
The Zimbabwean government is being urged to lift its ban on genetically modified (GM) food.
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Water water everywhere: should Australia adopt WHO bottled water standards?
Australia’s bottled water representative body wants local producers and sellers to adopt the World Health Organisation (WHO) limits for chemicals in bottled water.
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Makers of ‘pink slime’ sue TV network
The manufacturers of the now infamous “pink slime” used in American meat products has sued ABC News in the US for defamation over its coverage of the creation.
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Consumers misled over serving sizes: Choice calls for reform
Consumer watchdog Choice is calling for an overhaul to current labelling standards, after research revealed some manufacturers are misleading consumers over portion sizes to make their products seem healthier.
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Govt not amused by big tobacco’s plain packaging “sick joke”
The federal health minister has slammed big tobacco’s “sick joke,” which has seen the first two companies rolling out the plain packaging for cigarettes in ways that do not comply with the new standards.
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Australian, Italian researchers developing “super spaghetti”
Australian researchers are joining with experts from the land of the pasta to create a new “super spaghetti,” which would provide extensive health benefits for consumers.
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Fast food v councils: the battle for hearts, minds and bellies
Yarra Ranges Council is the latest participant in a growing trend of councils recognising the insidious impact of fast food on their communities and refusing permission on public health grounds.
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Plain tobacco packaging in India: a giant leap for global public health
The world is watching Australia progress toward tobacco plain packaging. A number of developed countries have said they will follow suit. But as tobacco companies lose their grip in developed countries, it’s likely they’ll increasingly target emerging markets with their poison.
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Progress on health claims standards in Australia not without critics
There has long been contention regarding the regulation of health claims that are applied to food, but the proposed introduction of a Health Claims standard into the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code has also raised concerns.
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Cookie Time secures patent for new class of food and beverage
With the release of their One Square Meal product, Cookie Time Limited has secured a patent confirming the creation of a new class of food and beverage.
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An affront to the rule of law: international tribunals to decide on plain packaging
The Australian High Court has found that the Gillard Government’s Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 does not breach that section of the constitution that prohibits federal legislation acquiring property except on just terms.
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Denmark drops fat tax, shelves plans for sugar tax
The Danish government has announced that they will drop their controversial ‘fat tax’ and will not go ahead with plans to introduce a proposed sugar tax.
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Soy versus dairy: what’s the footprint of milk?
Are soy milk’s environmental attributes based on substance or froth? Is soy a sustainable solution in the dairy debate?
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Sugar High: How Certain Flavours Act as Antidepressants
Chocolate addicts everywhere have long been aware that the dark stuff increases levels of serotonin, our body’s ‘feel-good’ chemical. But new research has found that certain compounds which help make up the flavour in foods are strikingly similar to chemicals used in mood stabilising drugs.
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Branding drives children to make healthy choices too: study
Branding that’s targeted at children can make healthy food a more attractive option than unhealthy food, according to a new US study.
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Frankenfood or crops of the future? Gaps in the perception of GM food safety
Humans have always faced tricky safety problems with food because we eat plants, which are the most ingenious pesticide chemists on the planet.
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Supermarkets are killing farmers: Katter’s address to Parliament
Controversial Queensland MP Bob Katter has slammed the actions of Australia’s largest supermarkets, saying the market share between the big two is unsustainable and killing farmers.
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Would you eat deep-fried butter?
It’s a well known fact that Americans like their deep fried food; in fact, if this year’s state fairs are anything to go by, they will pretty much deep fry anything.
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