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Health, Food, Nutrition & Hibiscus Tea News Archive20-Nov-2005
- 'Ministers set sights on junk food ads (Brisbane Courier Mail)
TELEVISION advertisements for junk food will come under a two-pronged attack today when Queensland's Health Minister Stephen Robertson asks for them to face a new level of scrutiny.
- 'Cut salt, sugar, fat, food giants warned (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Efforts so far by the food and drink industry to improve the nutritional value of their products to fight childhood obesity are simply not good enough, the World Health Organization said last week.
- 'Selling sickness: Companies, stores making a point to market to people suffering from specific and common ailments (Miami Herald)
Overweight? Diabetic? Cholesterol out of control? Have we got a deal on a meal for you! If that sales pitch sounds a little sick, that's the point. Aging baby boomers and rising rates of obesity, diabetes and other health conditions have marketers looking to chronic illness as the new must-reach demographic.
- 'Heinz, Del Monte joining boom in good-for-you food (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Store-bought spaghetti sauce and canned vegetables aren't exactly tofu and bran, but in the wake of growing concerns over diet and well-being, the nation's major food companies are eagerly creating everyday products they hope will satisfy even health nuts.
- 'Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for child health in developing countries (British Medical Journal)
Objective To determine the costs and effectiveness of selected child health interventions?namely, case management of pneumonia, oral rehydration therapy, supplementation or fortification of staple foods with vitamin A or zinc, provision of supplementary food with counselling on nutrition, and immunisation against measles.
- 'Health Claims Information Must Motivate Consumers Toward Actionable Public Health Goals, Says FPA (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In testimony delivered to the Food and Drug Administration's public meeting on "Assessing Consumers' Perceptions of Health Claims," Robert Earl, Senior director of Nutrition Policy for the Food Products Association , made the following comments:
- 'ProfNet Wire: Health & Medicine: Organic Food Laws (Newswise)
1) Organic Food Laws; 2) Bird Flu; 3) Fractional Laser Revolutionizes Melasma Treatment; 4) Exercise Doesn't Make a Cold Worse; 5) Walking Can Keep Off the Holiday Pounds.
- 'Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Transforms From Diet Company to Nutrition Food Company as Court Approves Disclosure Statement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
During a hearing held today in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. , the maker of Atkins Advantage nutrition food products, received approval of its Disclosure Statement.
- 'USA: Atkins becoming a "nutrition food company" (Just Food)
Bankrupt diet company Atkins Nutritionals Inc has announced that it is transforming itself into a "nutrition food company," after receiving approval from a New York court for its disclosure statement.
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