2022
November
- The Irish Sun: SATURATION LEVELS Ban on junk food marketing online needed as children ‘bombarded’ by unhealthy ads impacting grub choices, expert says (17th November)
- Food Navigator Asia: Trans-fat fight: Philippines to ban all prepackaged processed foods with high trans-fat levels by 2023 (14th November)
- The Express: Lowering blood pressure found to cut 'odds' of getting dementia - five best ways to do it (10th November)
- Food Navigator Asia: Sodium overload: One-third of Australian toddlers consuming too much salt – national study (1st November)
October
- ABC News: Why it's becoming nearly impossible to be healthy in Australia (31st October)
- The Island: Health Ministry takes lead in cutting down salt by ordering all its canteens not to add it to rice (29th October)
- Forbes: Salt, Fat And Sugar: How Americans Became Addicted To Eating (29th October)
- Live Mint: Unilever's Health Data Shows Junk-Food Metrics are up for Debate (29th October)
- Food Navigator: EU-wide labelling scheme decision pushed forward to 2023 as Commission admits ‘complex’ situation (27th October)
- McCarthy: Health Canada Issues Long-Awaited Regulations for Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling (26th October)
- WHO: "The healthiest option should be the easiest option”: Promoting healthier diets in Montevideo (26th October)
- Mail & Guardian: South Africa must count the high human, social and economic cost of strokes – Heart and Stroke Foundation SA (24th October)
- Channel News Asia: The Big Read: As health consciousness rises, can a nation of foodies live with less sugar, salt and all things nice? (10th October)
September
- Channel News Asia: Replace regular salt with alternatives, says HPB in push to reduce sodium intake in Singapore (28th September)
- The Indian Express: Nutrition rating stars set to appear soon on food pack labels (21st September)
- Food Navigator USA: Not all indulgent snacks contribute equally to obesity and not all strategies to reduce their consumption are effective (20th September)
- Engage: Health issues changes to food advertising law and front-of-pack-packing (20th September)
- Bakery and Snacks: Do artificial sweeteners increase risk of cardiovascular diseases? (15th September)
- New Scientist: Denmark's ban of artificial trans fats saved 1200 lives over 16 years (5th September)
- Toronto Star: New legislation will require some food be labelled as ‘bad.’ Here’s why it could backfire (2nd September)
- WASSH Update: Katharine Jenner leaving post of Director (2nd September)
August
- Food Navigator: Will novel rare sugar allulose resonate with European consumers? (31st August)
- Times Now: Not just sugar and lack of exercise, but these are the main reasons behind the obesity epidemic (31st August)
- Live Mint: Most people favour inclusion of front of pack warning label on food items (31st August)
- World Health Organization: Universal salt iodization and sodium intake reduction: compatible, cost-effective strategies of great public health benefit (22nd August)
- Food Navigator: Nutri-Score blocks ‘health-halo’ effects caused by claims on sugar, but should such claims be allowed at all? (18th August)
- Cochrane Library: Low sodium salt substitutes: a tool for sodium reduction and cardiovascular health (18th August)
- New Research: Reducing daily salt intake in China by 1 g could prevent almost 9 million cardiovascular events by 2030: a modelling study (17th August)
- Just Food: Italy passes unfavourable judgement on Nutri-Score labelling system (16th August)
- Journal of Human Hypertension: The resolve to save lives sodium reduction framework; aligning global efforts to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease (15th August)
- Asia One: Nutrition label for drinks: Sellers say 'nearly impossible' for them to measure sugar, fat levels (13th August)
- The Sydney Morning Herald: GP-turned-MP to demand action on junk food advertising (7th August)
- Food Navigator USA: Health Canada introduces new rules for supplemented foods, front-of-package nutrition labeling(4th August)
July
- Deakin University: Junk food companies turn to TikTok to further exploit children (26th July)
- Jamaica Observer: Mass media campaign generates significant support for taxes on sugary beverages (17th July)
- Supermarket News: Canada goes front-of-package with new nutrition label (7th July)
June
- CBC News: Nutrition warnings are coming to the front of some packaged foods in Canada (30th June)
- The Portugal News: This is what too much salt is doing to your body (WASSH Comment) (26th June)
- Vanguard: FG begins taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce NCDs (23rd June)
- Toronto Star: Health Canada’s proposed warning labels on foods like ground beef are necessary — and only the first step (20th June)
- Perth Now: UK PM Boris Johnson slammed after saying secret to weight-loss is to just ‘eat less’ (14th June)
- World Health Organization: Fiscal policies to promote healthy diets: policy brief (13th June)
- World Health Organization: Reformulation of food and beverage products for healthier diets: policy brief (10th June)
- Food Navigator: Is reformulation forced by Ukraine sunflower shortage making foods unhealthier? (8th June)
- Food Navigator USA: Review looks at variety of sodium reduction strategies available to the food industry (7th June)
May
- South China Morning Post: Most baby snacks on market contain free sugars and added salt, going against public health guidelines, Hong Kong consumer watchdog finds (16th May)
- Financial Times: These electric chopsticks cut your salt intake. No, really (11th May)
- The Grocer: HFSS promotions ban in chaos after fresh reports of government u-turn (11th May)
- The Indian Express: Warning labels, not star rating, can change consumption pattern of packaged food: Experts (5th May)
- Medical Xpress: Three-quarters of influencers' social media posts about food and drinks are for unhealthy products (6th May)
- FoodPrint: WHO details policy interventions to curb obesity epidemic (5th May)
- BBC News: Food apps and online gaming driving obesity - WHO (3rd May)
- Daily Mail: Europe's obesity crisis has reached 'epidemic proportions': Major WHO report blames food delivery apps like Deliveroo, social media and gaming for 60% of Europeans being too fat (3rd May)
- World Health Organisation: Obesity causes cancer and is major determinant of disability and death, warns new WHO report (3rd May)
April
March
- Bakery and Snacks: Reformulation and fortification efforts go hand-in-hand to optimise nutrition (31st March)
- The Time of India: Stars to show the way to healthy food in India (28th March)
- Confectionery News: How to turn the tide on ‘underused’ sugar taxation in Europe? (25th March)
- Cyprus Mail: Alarming rise in childhood obesity (24th March)
- Jamaica Observer: Tips for eating less sodium and improving your health (21st March)
- Circulation Journal: Cost-effectiveness of a Household Salt Substitution Intervention: Findings From 20,995 Participants of the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS) (21st March)
- Jamaica Observer: Tips for eating less sodium and improving your health (21st March)
- New Medical & Life Sciences: Urgent action needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa (18th March)
- NewFood Magazine: Mexico sweetens things up as it adopts new specification (17th March)
- Mirage News: George Institute raising awareness and engaging with school children on salt reduction (17th March)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal: Dietary sodium reduction in Canada: more action is needed to reach the 2025 global targets (14th March)
- The Star: Food and drink product labels should display salt content, says Health DG (14th March)
- The Washington Post: Salt is in all types of food. Here’s how to cut your daily sodium intake. (14th March)
- The Independent: Salt tax? MOH takes steps to reduce Singaporeans’ salt intake (11th March)
- The Conversation:Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast food (9th March)
- The Guardian: Spain plans ban on influencers pushing unhealthy foods to children (8th March)
- The Guardian: Obesity rates likely to double by 2030 with highest rises in lower-income countries (4th March)
- Food Manufacture: Sugar intake levels in line with current recommendations (1st March)
February
- European Society of Cardiology: Salt in soluble paracetamol linked to increase risk of cardiovascular disease and death (24th February)
- European Supermarket Magazine: Portugal Reduces Salt And Sugar Content Of Food Products By 11% (21st February)
- WASSH Release: Delayed finalization of sodium targets in the United States may cost over 250,000 lives by 2031 (21st February)
- Health Europa: The positive impact of Transport for London’s unhealthy food advertising restrictions (18th February)
- Gulf Times: Most bread sold in Qatar uses permitted levels of salt (15th February)
- The BMJ: Can children play a role in reducing families’ salt intake? (14th February)
- Current Nutrition Reports: Salt and Health: Old Myths and a Controversy Based on Denial (14th February)
- Sunway University: The Malaysian Society for World Action on Salt, Sugar and Health (MyWASSH) (11th February)
- WASSH Release: New research shows that children can play an important role in lowering families' salt intake (10th February)
- NewFood Magazine: Picture warnings on sugary drinks may help fight obesity, study suggests (3rd February)
- Food Navigator: Successful salt cuts in Africa puts pressure on Britain: ‘The UK is lagging behind’ (1st February)
January
- WASSH Release: Early Evidence for the Effectiveness of South Africa’s Legislation on Salt Restriction in Foods: the African-PREDICT Study (31st January)
- Harvard Health: FDA urges the food industry to cut back on salt (1st January)
