Japan imports about 60% of the calories it consumes, much of them from the United States. Esperanto may be dead, writes Daniel Gross, but the language of food transcends borders.
Junk food
Pizza Hut to slice their name
Pizza Hut are planning rebrand by dropping the “Pizza” from their name in some stores, to be known simply as “The Hut”, and present a more “healthful” image by introducing multigrain crusts and “all natural” tomato sauce. So what’s in their regular tomato sauce if not tomatoes? asks Consumerist.
Constant craving: why we overeat
Why are fatty, salty and sugary foods just sooo good we can’t stop eating them, even when we know we should? Dr David Kessler explains why we’re slaves to the snack.
My sugary Nestle question: what is fruit?
Nestle have taken exception to me suggesting that they are telling lies by emblazoning their Fruit Fix bar with “1 Serve of Fruit” and advertising the product as a healthy and nutritious snack, says David Gillespie.
Ad agencies give goverment obesity report the thumbs up
An ad hoc group of advertising, marketing and media agencies has given its support for a new government report on obesity — a report which notably doesn’t call for any ban on junk food advertising.
Tips and rumours: Which NSW minister is having an affair with a stripper?
Who is the lucky lady? And who is the latest senior Rudd staffer to resign? Tipsters tell all.
Preventing obesity is simple: it’s all in the marketing
The Parliamentary Inquiry on Obesity must not ignore the role of junk food marketing. Our children certainly aren’t — and that’s what’s making them bigger, says Professor Boyd Swinburn.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Are ads making kids fat? Readers weigh in
Readers bicker over whether junk food ads are really making kids fat, and Gerard Henderson writes in about Bob Ellis.
Pringles: we aren’t chips, seriously!
Makers of snack-food Pringles have unsuccessfully tried to argue their product is not a potato chip to avoid paying $31 million of taxes in the UK each year.
The most common fast food ingredients: they’re not what you’d think
HowStuffWorks explains the top 10 most common ingredients in fast food products — and the list doesn’t include potatoes, bread or beef.
Cheap and nasty: fast food in the recession
Fast food can suddenly look very appetising when your wallet is lean. Fast food companies in the US are spruiking their budget options, but how do they stack up?
The great McDonald’s big burger gamble
With the United States in its deepest recession in decades, why would McDonald’s pick this moment to launch a premium burger?
Tobacco ad defense shouldn’t be allowed to protect junk food
The junk food industry is invoking the defense used by the tobacco industry in banning advertising to kids, and Simon Chapman argues they shouldn’t be allowed to.
Why doesn’t Nanny care about fat people?
Can anyone please tell me why does nanny think it’s OK to ban tobacco use just-about-everywhere yet she doesn’t seem to feel it’s her responsibility to stop her charges from self-destructing on lethally fatty fast foods? asks Ruth Colagiuri.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Fed’s bail out of Bear Stearns … organ donation … Israel … MacDonalds at hospital … Rudd and China … baby bonus … The Australian:
Children’s Hospital: do you really want fries with that?
Melbourne’s Children’s Hospital is moving. Will they take the junk food with it, asks Melissa Sweet?
Don’t ban Shrek, ban Emily’s List
Labor leader Kevin Rudd seemed less than enthusiastic about his health spokesperson Nicola Roxon’s war on fast food ads when he spoke to the meeja yesterday
