Sugar

Beano accused of promoting junk food to children

Quizzes on comic’s website give ‘free advertising’ to well-known high fat, salt and sugar brands, say researchers

Andrew Gregory Health editor

02, Feb, 2023 @6:30 AM

Tea and cake breaks are healthy for office morale | Letters

Letters: The benefits of sharing tea and cake in the office are celebrated by Woody Caan, while Mike Pender remembers being tempted while working for the Food Standards Agency

29, Jan, 2023 @6:39 PM

The Observer view on the UK’s toxic stance on sugar farming | Observer editorial

Neonicotinoids kill bees and destroy the environment. A truly green government would find a better solution to the problem of aphid-borne disease

Observer editorial

29, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought? – podcast

We know we need to cut down on sugar. But replacing it with artificial compounds isn’t necessarily the answer

Written by Bee Wilson, read by Evelyn Miller and produced by Hattie Moir. The executive producer was Ellie Bury

20, Jan, 2023 @5:00 AM

Bad diets are not just for Christmas – they’re for life | Torsten Bell

We need to focus on our sugar intake across the year and the effect it has on our children’s health, wealth and happiness

Torsten Bell

01, Jan, 2023 @9:30 AM

The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought?

The long read: We know we need to cut down on sugar. But replacing it with artificial compounds isn’t necessarily the answer

Bee Wilson

08, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

Too sweet, or not too sweet? Three experts on what to do with all the Halloween lollies

With buckets of trick or treating sweets on the horizon, should parents let children gorge or spread the treats over time? A dietician, a dentist and a psychologist weigh in

Sarah Ayoub

27, Oct, 2022 @3:00 PM

Truss plan to axe sugar tax runs into legal and parliamentary hitches

Prime minister faces difficulties over proposal to ditch soft drinks industry levy amid growing backlash

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

19, Sep, 2022 @10:29 AM

Children will be at risk if junk food rules are scrapped | Letter

Letter: With obesity among children at an alarming level, we can’t afford to ditch the few measures we have, says Natasha Hurley

Letters

15, Sep, 2022 @4:59 PM

Plans to scrap England’s anti-obesity measures ‘a national scandal’

Some have warned plans to abandon policies are ‘dangerous’, while others welcome reversal amid rising costs

Denis Campbell and Pippa Crerar

14, Sep, 2022 @1:29 PM

Liz Truss could scrap anti-obesity strategy in drive to cut red tape

Exclusive: Health officials ‘aghast’ as review launched of measures to deter people from eating junk food

Denis Campbell Heath policy editor

13, Sep, 2022 @6:31 PM

Artificial sweeteners linked to increased risk of heart disease, study finds

Research involving 103,000 French adults shows sweeteners ‘should not be considered a healthy and safe alternative to sugar’