Government to introduce warning labels on unhealthy food
Packaged food that is high in salt, sugar and fat may soon have to carry warning labels, according to a top health official.
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Government to introduce warning labels on unhealthy food
Packaged food that is high in salt, sugar and fat may soon have to carry warning labels, according to a top health official.
Globally renowned health experts add their names to call for sugar tax in SA
Scholars and academics from leading universities around the world have added their voices to the call for the implementation of a tax on sugary drinks in South Africa.
Food justice is a pipe dream without tackling industry
The lack of access to healthy food is a cause and a symptom of South Africa's inequalities which further proves the fight for affordable nutritious food is a social justice issue.
Food industry putting profits before health
Concern is growing over the food and beverages industry bullying the government to stop the introduction of warning labels on food high in salt, sugar and fat. Amandla.Mobi, a civil organisation that advocates for the rights and well-being of South…
Family resorts to eating rotten food to cut costs
Eating putrid vegetables has become a norm for the Zibula family from KwaZulu-Natal and they don’t see the harm in doing so.
Do you know what’s in your food?
The food industry often conceals the unhealthy products in its processed foods – even manipulating science to fool consumers. Now government is planning to introduce warning signs on food to help us to navigate what we are eating.
Do you know what’s in your food?
The food industry often conceals the unhealthy products in its processed foods – even manipulating science to fool consumers. Now government is planning to introduce warning signs on food to help us to navigate what we are eating.
Cultural perceptions fuel obesity in rural areas
LIMPOPO - Eating pap twice a day and drinking a lot of sugary drinks has contributed in Fhulufhelo Tshivhase (29), of Duthuni village, becoming overweight. It is something she now regrets.
Consumers react to new sugary drinks tax
Now that government’s strategy to reduce the sugar intake through the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages – known as a Health Promotion Levy – consumers in general remain cynical, believing it may not have the desired impact.
Coca-Cola called out for advertising to kids at protest
Coca-Cola was called on to keep its promise to remove its advertising in schools during a picket at the beverage manufacturer’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday [October 2016].
Citizens take to the streets on World Diabetes Day
The Healthy Living Alliance (Heala) took to the Rosebank streets on Tuesday, using World Diabetes Day as a significant time to protest against sugary drinks outside Coca-Cola’s new local headquarters.
Cheap and easily available ultra-processed foods are fuelling SA’s obesity crisis
South Africa has a high prevalence of obesity and malnutrition. The solution lies in comprehensive policy interventions that make nutritious foods more accessible and affordable.
Can higher ‘sin taxes’ help the economy?
The sugary drinks tax has already generated almost R800-million, and there is a growing call for even higher “sin taxes” to help reverse the VAT increase. HEALTH-E NEWS’ Amy Green reports.
Calls for South Africa’s sugary drinks tax to increase intensify
Activists say Treasury and national health department must abide by international health standards for the levy on sugary drinks to be effective in curbing the rise of non-communicable diseases in the country.