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GM food approval concerns

Greenpeace's representative, Louise Sales, said all applications for 50 genetically engineered foods were approved over the The Australian regulator FSANZ is one of only two regulators in the world to have approved every single GE food that [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Junk food ban under new proposals

Junk food could be outlawed in schools under proposed legislation by a cross-party group of AMs. It would allow the assembly government to banish unhealthy food and compel schools to teach children what makes a well-balanced diet. A special [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Junk food can make kids naughty

Sugary and fatty snacks have been blamed for naughtiness and poor concentration, leading to campaigns for healthier lunches. But research has now found that if children are given bad diet as young as three the damage has already been d [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Glenda & Sile Junk Food Junkies...

We know it's a tad cliché to say the Irish love to eat spuds. Well, we do folks... And just to prove it here are some pix of two of Ireland's most glamorous ladies, Glenda Gilson and Sile Seioge, chomping down potato based snacks... [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Ads turn junk into health food

More than half the television advertisements that contain nutrition claims for food promote junk food, research by the NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity has found after studying 714 hours of Sydney TV broadcasts. The unhealthy foods [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Police offer teenagers junk food for good behaviour

Police are bribing youngsters to behave with the offer of cheap fast-food. Teenagers who promise to be good are being given discounts on items such as Big Macs and stuffed-crust pizzas, as well as computer games and clothes. Other off [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Mother's junk food 'harms child'

Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest. The offspring of rats fed fatty, processed food had high levels of fat in their bloodstream and around major organs [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Kids still targeted by junk food marketing

We found that some companies who had pledged to stop marketing unhealthy food to under-12s have continued to target kids via cartoon characters, film tie-ins, celebrity endorsements and free offers. That’s despite 88% of consumers sa [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Expert urges regulation of junk food ads

Junk food advertisements aimed at children must be regulated by government if Australia is to tackle its obesity epidemic, a health researcher said. Vinesh Oommen, a senior research assistant at Queensland University of Technology's Instit [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Teen Junk Food Diet Linked To Heart Risk

Every second person is addicted to junk food and this includes teens also who when hanging out with each other always end up eating fast food because it’s filling and delicious but research says something else. The high-fat, jun [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Brits are the most fast-food obsessed people in the world

When it comes to fast food nobody likes it more than the Britons, for a new survey has revealed that they savoured ‘the taste of fast food too much to give it up’.The survey, conducted by global marketing research group Sy [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Harmful Effects Of Junk Food

Nothing can be as satisfying and enjoying as eating junk food. Is it not? But the truth is that junk food is tempting but harmful to the health at the same time, it creeps into ones body as a silent killer and then spreads the disease [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2008 | Comments : 12

Junk food firms use Internet and mobile phones to attract ki...

Campaigners have warned that junk food firms will target kids over the Internet and mobile phones, because of the introduction of new rules on television advertisements. The warning has come after television adverts of junk food aimed at [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

FDA mulls stricter regulation of salt in food

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov 29 (Reuters) - Public health advocates on Thursday called for tighter restrictions on salt content in food, arguing that cutting the nutrient's overuse by most Americans could save thousands of lives annually.Ex [...]