World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners
Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight and could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults, the W.H.O. said on Monday.
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Ban smoking and tax fruit juice, says George Osborne
Ex-chancellor urges UK PM extend sugar tax and raise legal age for tobacco to curb obesity and cancerUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesSmoking should be banned and the sugar tax extended to include fruit juice and milkshake…
EU firms accused of ‘abhorrent’ export of banned pesticides to Brazil
BASF and Bayer among firms selling chemicals to sugar industry despite links to cancer and reproductive problemsPesticides banned in the EU because of their links to human health risks are being exported and used on farms in Brazil supplying Nestlé, an…
Food experts condemn UK supermarkets over failure to tackle sugar levels
Retailers continue to encourage sugar consumption while paying lip service to healthy eating, report saysUK supermarkets have been accused of encouraging people to consume more sugar, despite the huge concern about its significant role in causing obesi…
‘Sour taste’ as cost of sugar hits Easter eggs and hot cross buns, say UK retailers
British Retail Consortium blames rising price of butter, eggs and cocoa, with sugar at a six-year high A surge in the cost of sugar on global commodity markets is being blamed for a rise in the price of chocolate eggs and hot cross buns ahead of celebr…
Doctors warn Australia risks being ‘odd one out’ if it resists sugar tax on soft drinks
Exclusive: Peak medical body claims Australia could collect $814m annually through a sugar tax, which it says 85 other countries have already implementedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government is …
Queensland sugarcane growers face major crop losses due to native rat plague
Canefield rats eats weeds that grow beneath sugarcane in warm, wet conditions and farmers say the population is the highest its been in decadesSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the comm…