Last week, David Gillespie criticised the use of Nestle’s Optifast weight loss shake. But the obesity epidemic of the past 30 years is not due to a single cause, writes Neil Holt.
Food industry
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Keane on Telstra
Some Crikey readers don’t agree with Bernard Keane that small investors aren’t concerned about what’s happening with Telstra. Plus, an update on visiting detention centres.
Reform the food industry — for the sake of the planet
The food industry’s solution of more choice increases profits, but does nothing for obesity. The more on offer, the more we buy, the more we waist and the more we waste, writes Dr Rosemary Stanton.
Reality check: you can afford locally-grown fresh food
Stop blaming the supermarket ogliopoly for buying packaged, processed food from big corporations, says Phillip O’Neal: most Australians can afford and access fresh, locally-produced fare — they’re just too lazy.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Brisbane lord mayor’s latest white (concrete) elephant
Brisbane City Council go begging for fans of King George Square, Big Food is looking for a lobbyist who ticks all the right boxes, does Clive Hamilton want to kill koalas? trouble in the NT education system, and more tip-offs from Crikey readers.
It’s time to let the government into our pantries
The obesity epidemic is costing Australia $8.3 billion a year, and the death toll continues to rise. Self-regulation has failed, says Michael Smith: it’s time to embrace the nanny state.
Film review: Food Inc.
Food Inc. carves its way into the cinematic cavities of the 100% Prime Beef guilt trip genre, offering a shocking exposé about the stuff we put in our mouths. An engaging, important and entertaining documentary, says Luke Buckmaster.
Time to treat Big Food like Big Tobacco?
Just as Big Tobacco swore that smoking doesn’t cause cancer, the food industry may never admit that its calorie-laden wares are making us fat; but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be held to account: it’s time to recast the industry as “obesity dealers”, says Ellen Goodman.
Public health doesn’t cut it in Food Standards Board
Nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton reveals the low profile of public health in new Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Board appointments.
Michael Pollan on the food reformation
Author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan, has long been a critic of what and how Westerners eat. But, he says, a food movement is taking place that is akin to Martin Luther’s reform of the Catholic Church.
Adding anti-biotics to our animals
Humans limit their intake of anti-biotics because we know overuse creates resistant superbugs. So why do we let Big Agribusiness pump livestock full of them? asks Nicholas Kristof.
Choice: most breakfast cereals are unhealthy
An investigation by Choice has found most breakfast cereals — especially those aimed at kids — contain far too much sugar and/or salt.
How Big Food is copying Big Tobacco
Researchers say the US food industry is employing the same legal, political and business strategies previously utilised by Big Tobacco, and the health consequences could be dire.
Industry nutrition labelling does a fat lot of good
One only has to walk down the cereal isle of the supermarket to see the senselessness of the food labelling system that has been introduced by the food industry, writes Bridget Kelly.
Why the food industry doesn’t like traffic lights
Keen to avoid the imposition of a UK-style traffic light system on food labels, companies such as Kellogg have jumped the gun and are fronting their packs with a row of thumbnails listing percent daily intake of a range of nutrients — but that’s just to avoid red lights.
