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Push for junk food tax gains weight

MORE public health experts have joined the call for a tax on junk food, saying the existing focus on "individual behaviour change" will do little to curb surging rates of obesity. Ms Holly Bond, PhD candidate at the Michae [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Students told to avoid junk food

Srinath Joshi, assistance commissioner of police (south), has called upon the youth to avoid junk food to stay healthy. Speaking after inaugurating Annual Sports Meet 2010-11 at PC Jabin Science College here on Tuesday, he said doing exe [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Eating junk food as addictive as drugs

A British study suggests that a diet of burgers, chips and cake programmes your brain to crave even more for foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat content - just like drugs. Over the years, junk food can become a substitute for happ [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food codes fail, says doctor

A LEADING nutritionist paid to assess complaints about food ads has broken ranks with the industry, charging that self-regulatory codes aimed at curbing junk food marketing to children are fundamentally flawed. Bruce Neal of the Geo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

I Cant Find Junk Food Clothing Tee Shirts Anywhere!

Junk Food clothing is a label hot out of the states. The celebrities are going mad for this ultra cool, hot label. Paris Hilton, Jordan, Posh A.K.A Victoria Beckham are just a few of the A list celebrities who have been spotted wearing t [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food is fine, says fitness trainer

JUNK food is perfectly all right even if you wish to lose weight, says fitness trainer Dave Nuku, who shaped up members of the Blue Team in last year's reality TV hit, The Biggest Loser Asia. But the rather bold statement comes with [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

The skinny on new food regulations

As consumer confidence wobbles and retailers sweat out trading conditions described by some as the worst in decades. This would seem like a good time for governments at all levels to go a bit easier on small business. Yet the tir [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

TV ads for kids focusing on junk food over sweets

Television advertisers are directing fewer of their commercials for sweets and beverages at children and young adults, but the number of fast food ads directed at those groups has increased, a study by U.S. researchers suggests. In [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food kills more than 40,000 in the UK every year

More than 40,000 Britons are dying unnecessarily every year because of high levels of salt and fat in their diets, a government health watchdog has warned. In a landmark guidance to the government, the National Institute for Health and C [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food ads contribute to 40% of childhood obesity

Many of us remember watching children’s TV as youngsters and eagerly awaiting the advert breaks. Images of toys we wanted, or foods we desired, flashed up on the screen to our delight. These junk food adverts were a lot of fun, but [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food ups diabetes in kids

A group of more than 100 diabetes experts has called for laws to ban ads of junk food that target children. The experts from Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh said that this was the best alternative for combating the rising cases [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food diet a side effect of exams

Now that Finals Week is beginning and the stress is piling on, students are raiding their cabinets in search of their favorite study buddy: food. Stress and eating go hand in hand, so students stock up on food to prepare for the most str [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy food from healthy soil

Local food growers want people to get better acquainted with how the edibles they consume are actually produced. During a panel discussion at Illinois Valley Community College to celebrate Earth Day Thursday, growers discussed their busi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Should there be a Junk Food Tax?

Despite the medical profession"s best efforts, obesity rates are still staggeringly high around the globe. While there is some evidence to suggest. That obesity rates are beginning to plateau in the US, there is no sign that obe [...]