Being able to buy processed “food-like” products is often seen as a mark of personal and material success. Little attention is paid to having a healthy diet.
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Food, drug and other companies often sponsor research in the hope it might produce results favourable to their products. How can we ensure such research remains independent?
Teenage rats that drank sugary beverages were less able than adult rats who drank the same to remember a specific location leading to an escape hatch.
Money can corrupt. But that doesn’t mean all types of funding – or intentions – are the same.
Sugar and saturated fat aren’t ‘evil’ and kale and avocado aren’t ‘good’.
South Africa’s massive and growing obesity epidemic has much to do with people’s excessive daily sugar intake.
Sugar is maligned for its effects on our health, but it’s an amazing substance and can be used for more than just making things taste sweet.
Educating people about the dangers of sugary drinks has little impact on their consumption and taxing them is unpopular. Luckily, there is a third way.
If you’re an average-sized adult eating and drinking enough to maintain a healthy body weight, you should consume no more than 12 teaspoons of sugar per day.
When we eat a meal, we take for granted that we should feel full afterwards. But eating a diet high in sugar and fat makes it harder for our body to tell if we are full or not.
There is a curious paradox at the heart of the food group’s new nutrition scheme: the less consumers trust Big Food, the less attention they will pay to the labels.
It’s time for Australia to follow the UK’s lead and increase the price of sugary drinks.
Study suggests that comets and meteorites could have seeded planets beyond our own solar system with life.
If only it were as simple as sweetness.
One in three people in the UK has prediabetes. A tax on sugary drinks is welcome, but long overdue.
The Hadza hunter-gatherer community get 15% of their calories from honey. If they can live on a high-sugar diet, why can’t we?
Scientists have discovered a type of sugar that could actually protect the liver.
With government obesity strategies failing to get off the ground, it’s time for business to step up and develop healthier options.
We all know that cola and lemonade aren’t great for our waistline or our dental health, but our new study on rats has shed light on just how much damage sugary drinks can also do to our brain.
The numbers listed on your packaged foods replace the chemical or common name of food additives. These are used to enhance the colour, flavour, texture or prevent them from spoiling.
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Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Lead for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nutrition, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Accredited Practising Dietitian; Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Richmond
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Chris Forbes-Ewan is a Friend of The Conversation.
Retired nutritionist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
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Associate Professor of Health and Wellness Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Senior lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Associate professor, University of California, Merced
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Canberra
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
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Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Clinical Endocrinologist & Associate Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
