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Labour set to move the goalposts on what 'junk food' is AGAIN - months after banning multibuy deals and TV ads for yoghurts and granola
03 Feb 2026 20:12 GMT
… making products healthier.
Labour is set to redefine what constitutes junk food - … It was first used to ban adverts on kids' TV … has since evolved to ban HFSS foods across all pre … But Katharine Jenner of the Obesity Health Alliance, who co-chaired the …
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How the Food Stamp “Junk Ban” is Causing Issues and Confusion
03 Feb 2026 19:57 GMT
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When he pushed for the ban on junk food, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy … will be a decrease in obesity and weight-related chronic illnesses … implemented or will implement a junk food ban. If nothing has changed in …
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Employee faces job termination for taking unpaid leaves due to health emergency. 'I was honest the entire time'
03 Feb 2026 17:52 GMT
… deal with a sudden health issue, prompting discussion around … eating schedules, and dependence on junk food. As his symptoms worsened, … absence, though unpaid and health-related, was reportedly viewed … employee to prioritise his health and reassured him that …
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New Study Urges Treating Junk Food Like Tobacco
03 Feb 2026 11:14 GMT
By Staff, Agencies
A new study argues that ultra-processed foods [UPFs] should be regulated like cigarettes because of their addictive qualities and serious public health risks.
Researchers from Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and Duke …
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Confronting the obesity crisis in the Middle East: A structural public health challenge
02 Feb 2026 21:31 GMT
… for weight management and obesity prevention, reframing obesity as a chronic disease … structural solutions. By regulating junk food marketing, incentivizing healthier diets, redesigning urban spaces …
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Addressing Dual Malnutrition Crisis: WHO Wants Schools To Lead Fight Against Junk Food
01 Feb 2026 21:41 GMT
With SKIMS study showing 24% overweight, 10% obese in 5–15 age group in Valley, Word Health Organization’s guidelines call for regulating canteens, snacks, ads near schools
Samiksha Mishra
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments across …
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Labour’s ‘nonsensical’ junk food crackdown puts TOMATOES at risk
01 Feb 2026 12:43 GMT
… ready meals could face a ban on television promotion before … -long health strategy, targeting the £11 billion annual burden obesity places … the definition of 'junk food', it also causes … in 'nonsensical' junk food crackdown | GETTY
The M…
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8 Mistakes Cardiologists Say Could Be Wrecking Your Heart Health
02 Feb 2026 15:29 GMT
… cardiologists the top heart-health mistakes they see people … Heart Association volunteer, told Health. Your blood pressure naturally … at night.
4. Keeping Junk Food in the House
Reynolds said … at Northwestern Medicine, told Health.
The fix: Prioritize your …
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RFK Jr Is Putting Big Beef's Profits Over American Health
01 Feb 2026 17:21 GMT
… were applauded by mainstream health advocacy groups, particularly one … 50% today to 61%, obesity rates will jump from … disease, depression, diabetes, and obesity.
One of the main culprits … into an arms race with junk food advertisers any time soon. …
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Health Experts Warn Against Excessive Salt Intake, Especially in Children's Diets, Amid 'Iodine Month'
01 Feb 2026 14:50 GMT
… Iodine Month,' public health experts and consumer rights activists … been controlled, new health problems are emerging due … Dr. Uprety stated. "Junk food, like alcohol and cigarettes, … ."
According to World Health Organization (WHO) standards, …