Salt in the News 2018
December
- The Guardian: It’s not the nanny state that should alarm us, it’s the gluttonous food industry giants (30th December)
- Chief Medical Officer: Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer 2018: health 2040 - better health within reach (21st December)
- Public Health England: Salt targets 2017: Progress report (19th December)
- The Sydney Morning Herald: High-salt diets linked to bone damage (16th December)
- BBC News: Restaurant dishes 'contain more calories than fast-food meals' (13th December)
- European Salt Action Network: To ease out the policy of population salt reduction to prevent cardiovascular disease is dangerous and scientifically unjustified - full paper available here (7th December)
November
- Sky News: Kellogg's to finally put 'traffic light' health labels on most cereals (29th November)
- The Guardian: Health chief calls for drastic intervention to cut salt intake - with comment from Professor MacGregor (25th November)
- BBC News: Tube 'junk food' advert ban announced by London mayor (23rd November)
- New Research: Salt and cardiovascular disease in PURE: A large sample size cannot make up for erroneous estimations (8th November)
- World Cancer Research Fund: Energy balance and body fatness: The determinants of weight gain, overweight and obesity (7th November)
- The Conversation: Salt: how to cut back without losing that delicious flavour (7th November)
- The Department of Health and Social Care: Prevention is better than cure: our vision to help you live well for longer (5th November)
- The Guardian: Grimsby named unhealthiest high street in UK by RSPH study (2nd November)
October
- Action on Salt Release: Action on Salt Expose Excessive Amounts of Salt in ‘Healthy’ Processed Meat Alternatives and Demand URGENT Action from Public Health England (23rd October)
- Soil Association: Fatal Attractions: Out to Lunch league table reveals kids’ food is typically less healthy than adults’ at popular visitor attractions (23rd October)
- Food Navigator Asia: High salt intake linked to development of impaired kidney function: Japanese study (3rd October)
September
- Department of Health and Social Care: Consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector (14th September)
- Blood Pressure UK Release: Nation Urged to Know Their Blood Pressure Numbers - Nearly Two Thirds Ignore Simplest Step for Reducing Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack or Heart Failure (11th September)
August
- Riviera Maya News: PepsiCo Mexico announces reduction of salt, sugar in products (15th August)
- Action on Salt Comment: Response to new publication in The Lancet (10th August)
- FT Podcast: Tackling the junk food that causes obesity (with Action on Salt Chair Graham MacGregor) (3rd August)
- Nottinghamshire Live: Children given free fruit and veg in Sneinton for launch of year-long healthy eating campaign (3rd August)
July
- The Express: High blood pressure: When should your reading be lowest? Exact time revealed (with comment from Action on Salt Chair Graham MacGregor) (23rd July)
- Scottish Goverrnment: A Healthier Future: Scotland’s Diet & Healthy Weight Delivery Plan (2nd July)
June
- New Research: Sodium intake and blood pressure in children and adolescents (27th June)
- WASH Release: New research finds flaws in studies that claim low sodium diets increase risk of death (22nd June)
- Food Navigator Asia: Salt shake-up: New grants available for reformulation solutions in Australia (20th June)
- Talking Retail: Campaign group urges government to fix food label ‘chaos’ after Brexit (20th June)
- Action on Salt Release: NEW Survey Exposes the Salads That Pose a Serious Hidden Threat to Our Health (15th June)
- The Grocer: PM must take decisive action on HFSS products (Letter from Action on Salt Chair Prof MacGregor) (8th June)
- The Sun: Your favourite pasta sauce could be packed with salt and sugar (5th June)
- iNews: Salt shakers to be banned from Scottish school lunch tables in obesity drive (4th June)
May
- The Guardian: Half of food and drink TV ads seen by children are for unhealthy products - study (31st May)
- Food Manufacturer: Pressure group study backs salt reduction (30th May)
- WCRF: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: A Global Prespective (24th May)
- Food Ingredients 1st: Campaigners urge UK government to legislate on salt reduction (17th May)
- Action on Salt and Action on Sugar Release: The Conversation Continues… Call for Theresa May to Introduce an Energy Density Levy on Confectionery, Make Nutritional Labelling on Menus & Packaging Mandatory and Ban Marketing of HFSS Products (23rd May)
- Action on Salt Comment: New FDF Report 'Feeding Change' (14th May)
- Action on Salt Release: Reduction in Salt DOES Lower Blood Pressure and CVD According to New Review, Which Challenges Paradoxical Studies (1st May)
April
- Action on Salt Release: Action on Salt & Sugar Awarded Best Published Research Campaign (23rd April)
- The Telegraph: We backed the sugar tax, so why are we still so sweet on salt? (19th April)
- New Research: Estimating the health and economic effects of the proposed US Food and Drug Administration voluntary sodium reformulation (10th April)
March
- Action on Salt Release: Health Warnings on Chinese Takeaways and Ready Meals Should be Mandatory After New Survey Exposes Certain Takeaways Contain as Much Salt as Five Big Macs (13th March)
- Public Health England: PHE Launch Calorie Reduction Programme to Tackle Childhood & Adult Obesity (6th March)
- New Research: Releation of dietary sodium (salt) to blood pressure and its possible modulation by other dietary factors: The INTERMAP Study (5th March)
February
- CASH Release: New CASH Survey Reveals Shockingly High Levels of Hidden Salt in Valentine’s Day Meal Deals Sold at UK’s Biggest Retailers (14th February)
- New York Times: In sweeping war on obesity, Chile slays Tony the Tiger (7th February)
- Just-Food: Spain to cut sugar, salt and fat in food items (6th February)
- Ingredients Insight: Unsavoury reality: the truth about salt (2nd February)
January
- Daily Mail: Britons have the worst diet in Europe: Highly-processed foods make up more than HALF of what people eat and raise the risk of heart disease and strokes(30th January)
- The George Institute for Global Health: Australian salt intake twice the WHO recommended level (29th January)
- FSA: Food Standard's Agency Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker Survey (1st February)
- New Research: A very high salt diet found to effect the brain and cause cognitive impairment (24th January)