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20 August 2014 - MedicalXpress - Sugar tax on drinks may reduce obesity
18 August 2014 - MNT - Leading physicians advocate more nutrition education during medical training
15 August 2014 - ScienceDaily- Do gut bacteria rule our minds? In an ecosystem within us, microbes evolved to sway food choices
11 August 2014 - Huffington Post - Omega 3 - The Missing Component for Health and Weight-Loss?
02 August 2014 - Conference notes - FAB Research conference: Sugar, fat, food and addiction: New approaches to the public health crisis
23 July 2014 - ScienceDaily - Rosemary, oregano contain diabetes-fighting compounds
The Conversation - You are what you eat: how diet affects mental well-being
21 July 2014 - MNT - Black women in weight management program experienced a reduction in their depression
19 July 2014 - Michelle's blog - Regulating for health – to nanny or not to nanny
BBC news - One in three Alzheimer's cases preventable
14 July 2014 - BBC news - Dental charity blames bad baby teeth on 'child neglect'
7 July 2014 - MNT - Study may explain 'healthy' obesity
4 July 2014 - MNT - TV gives children a 'bad example' on food
23 June 2014 - BBC Radio 4 - Sweeteners: The answer to our sugar cravings?
18 June 2014 - The Conversation - Lifestyle diseases make global health promotion more difficult than ever
12 June 2014 - ScienceDaily - Does food addiction exist? Research finds food addicts lacking psychological inhibition
13 June 2014 - ScienceDaily - How food marketing creates false sense of health
9 June 2014 - ScienceDaily - Parent and child must get enough sleep to protect against child obesity
9 June 2014 MedicalXpress - One-third of English adults have prediabetes, study reports
3 June 2014 - Time - How Sugar Went From a Condiment to a Diet Staple
28 May 2014 - Medical News Today - Has public opinion turned against sugary drinks?
Capewell 2014 - BMJ - Sugar sweetened drinks should carry obesity warnings
19 May 2014 - MedicalXpress - Chronic insufficient sleep increases obesity, overall body fat in children
14 May 2014 - The Guardian - Too much sugar, salt and fat: healthy eating still eluding many Britons
11th May 2014 - The Guardian - Sugar is the real enemy, not fat itself, says film targeting obesity
26 April 2014 - BBC News - Weight loss: Is the secret in your bacteria?
25 April 2014 - Food Navigator - Children's TV viewing habits linked to 'junk food' consumption
Excess sugar consumption leads to a host of diseases
12 April 2014 - The Grocer - Sugar war professor Robert Lustig plans UK lecture tour during DH policy review
Special report: Sugar - the bitter truth?
25 Jan 2014 - BBC News - Pregnant mother's fatty diet may alter baby's brain
05 January 2015 - The Conversation - Why most food labels are wrong about calories
4 Aug 2013 - The Observer Magazine - The demon drink: war on sugar
4 Aug 2013 - The Observer - Isn't it time we got to grips with Big Sugar
2 July 2013 - Medscape - Refined carbs may trigger food addiction
13 June 2013 - BBC News - Hospitals treat more child obesity
21 May 2013 - Food Navigator - Obesity during pregnancy poses lifetime health risk for babies
Omega-3 may minimise damaging effects of junk food on brain: Research review
30 Apr 2013 - BBC Radio 4 - Constant Cravings: Does Food Addiction Exist?
25 March 2013 - FoodNavigator - 'Mindless eating' in Britain spells opportunity for industry, says National Obesity Forum
20 March 2013 - The Guardian - Sugar, not fat, exposed as deadly villain in obesity epidemic
15 March 2013 - BMJ Group Blogs - Sugar is the new tobacco
28 Feb 2013 - Still Believe 'A Calorie Is a Calorie'?
28 Feb 2013 - UCSF - Sugar Directly Linked to Diabetes Worldwide
18 Feb 2013 - The Guardian - Obesity crisis: doctors demand soft drink tax and healthier hospital food
BBC News - Tax fizzy drinks and ban junk food ads, say doctors
11 Jan 2013 - UCSF - Sugar Fights Still Simmer as New Brain Study Finds Fructose Might Stimulate Appetite
3 Sept 2012 - New Scientist - Food for thought: Eat your way to dementia - sugar and carbs cause Alzheimer's Disease
Omega-3 lowers inflammation in overweight older adults
28 Sept 2011 - New Scientist - Obesity expert: Sugar is toxic and should be regulated