
Q. What’s the best thing about the Health Star Rating?
A. New Zealand actually has a Front of Pack Labelling (FOPL) system. According to my twitter feed I seem to be the only person who thinks the recent announcement* should be celebrated. As for the rest of you- all I… Read More ›
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‘Clean Eating’ – new buzzword, old message
You’d have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard the term “clean eating” being bandied around by diet advocates and eager adopters. But what does it mean? There is no official definition. Depending on your personal beliefs… Read More ›
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Advice to the Government
Earlier this week I was asked to speak at the Heart Foundation’s Biannual Forum on three things the Government could do to stop heart disease. While there is a lot of great material in their call for action document Stop the Heartbreak… Read More ›
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Lessons from the sacred cow
Some cows are so sacred that they can get away with almost anything. One of these is raw milk. As someone who’s consulted to various branches of the food industry for around 30 years, you could imagine my surprise to… Read More ›
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Does commercial success by food companies equal public health failure?
Many public health advocates believe this about successful food companies: Food companies exist solely to make money, so they will sell whatever people will buy. Healthy food provides smaller margins, so they fill their food with cheap processed ingredients that… Read More ›
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Where has all the common sense gone?
Fad diets. They’ve always been a bugbear to dietitians and nutritionists. Generally they’re written by people with no formal nutrition expertise or understanding of scientific evidence, but rather astute business people who know that silver bullet promises can earn them… Read More ›
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Let’s not get over excited about ‘made from local and imported ingredients’
Campbell Live built its recent story on locally made versus imported food products on the premise that New Zealand is “a huge food-producing nation”. It’s true that our dairy, meat and horticulture sectors are significant exporters, but when it comes… Read More ›
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Who’s to blame? Time to try something different
We all know about the world’s obesity epidemic and the serious health consequences ahead of us. But we seem to be stuck in a blame game, rather than really committing to effective, collaborative solutions. Week after week books are published… Read More ›
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Food Addiction
Are we using the term “addiction” too freely these days? Headlines portray a range of human weaknesses from social media “addiction” to shoe shopping “addiction”. We’ve long known about the serious nature of alcohol, nicotine and narcotic addictions, and the… Read More ›
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Canned foods get a thumbs-up for sound nutrition and affordability
Image thanks to FreeDigitalPhotos.net The universal call to increase the consumption of fruits, vegetables, higher fibre foods and seafood, coupled with tightening family budgets, means that a study published recently in the Journal for Nutrition and Food Sciences is highly… Read More ›
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Q. What’s the best thing about the Health Star Rating?
July 14, 2014
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‘Clean Eating’ – new buzzword, old message
May 23, 2014
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Advice to the Government
April 17, 2014
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Lessons from the sacred cow
April 16, 2014