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Vitamin D fortification for public health

03 November 2011
Vitamin D has been in the news again recently as the Kellogg’s Corporation, best known for popular breakfast cereals, decided to fortify cereals with vitamin D in the United Kingdom. Produced by the skin when exposed to UVB light (sunlight), vitamin D regulates...
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No logo challenge

25 October 2011
In a move designed to remove the glamour and appeal of smoking particular brands of cigarettes, the Australian parliament recently introduced legislation mandating a government proposed ban on branding and logos on all cigarettes and other tobacco packaging. ...
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Partnerships for prevention

29 September 2011
A collaboration announced last week at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Plan International (a leading global childrens’ charity), and AstraZeneca, will develop health literacy, health...
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Clinton Global Partnership announcement

27 September 2011
In another major announcement at the Clinton Global Initiative meetings last week, the World Food Programme and PepsiCo announced the formation of a partnership aimed at marrying agricultural development of a food source that shows great potential along with a...
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Lilly-NCD partnership fund

20 September 2011
In the wake of the UN High-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases, international drug maker Eli Lilly has announced a major infusion of financial support in the fight against NCDs in developing countries. The company has committed to spending $30 million over...
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McDonald’s to display calories

06 September 2011
In an effort to combat the rising tide of obesity in the UK, 1,200 British McDonald’s restaurants are to begin displaying calorie figures on menus this week.  The company is one of several, including Starbucks, Pizza Hut and KFC, who have voluntarily signed...
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Calorie labelling and food choices

29 July 2011
A study by the New York Health Department has investigated the effect of a law put into place in the city in 2008 that requires restaurants to display calorie information on menus. One in six of the people using the restaurants were found to have used the nutrition...
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Mrs Obama: access to healthy food

24 July 2011
In the United States, major retailers, foundations and small businesses have come together, led by Michelle Obama, to pledge to improve access to healthy food for millions of people in more deprived communities, where access is often limited. As well as regional...
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Fortification on the horizon

12 July 2011
Many companies voluntarily add nutrients to food products in order to provide essential nutrients we may lack in our diets.  Prepared breakfast cereals, for example, are often fortified with a range of vitamins and minerals, including vitamin C, many of the B...
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Battle looms over packaging

28 June 2011
Something is rattling the tobacco companies: Australia is planning to introduce a requirement for entirely plain, unbranded packaging for cigarettes from the start of 2010, the first country to do so. Philip Morris International, the manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes...
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