Ministers are tightening the screws. If food companies don’t embrace health stars, they’ll be compulsory.
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The free ecoSwitch app takes the guesswork out of sustainable food choices, empowering consumers to take matters into their own hands.
We found less than half of all eligible foods carried health star ratings, and those that did were skewed towards foods with higher ratings. It’s time to make ratings mandatory.
A food heath labelling system Australia and New Zealand introduced five years ago is under review and needs a significant overhaul to make it useful for consumers looking for healthy options.
A shorten Labor government will consider mandating food reformulation targets and health star ratings. These are important moves in the fight against obesity and obesity-related conditions.
Tonight, Four Corners looks at the tactics Big Sugar has used to influence health policy. Here’s our pick of five analysis pieces that will get you informed on the issue before the program airs.
Rather than informing consumer choice, Australia’s year-old health star food rating system is failing customers, and allowing food manufacturers to give an aura of health to junk foods.
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Program Lead, Food Governance, George Institute for Global Health
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Senior Data Analyst, Food Policy Division, George Institute for Global Health
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Professor, Curtin University
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Research Fellow in Food Policy, George Institute for Global Health
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate in Public Health and Epidemiology, Imperial College London
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Associate professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Executive Director, George Institute Australia; Professor of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
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Program Director of Food Policy, George Institute for Global Health
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Professor of Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor Epidemiology & Equity in Public Health & Director, Institute Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
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LLB(Hons) & BCOM Undergraduate Student, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
