Special Focus Newsletter

Fighting the fat: Weight management and fat taxes

27-Apr-2012

Fat reduction and weight management is an issue they both industry and policy makers have special focus on. Today FoodNavigator.com our teams pick of the key news on the topic on 2012 so far.

From debates on proposed fat taxes to the latest science on fat reduction and weight management issues - the FoodNavigator team brings you the biggest hitting stories from 2012 so far.

In this special focus newsletter we present the stories that have mattered to you the most this year.

Soft drinks are not the major contributor to childhood obesity, say researchers

Danish government considers abandoning fat, sugar tax

Now Israel debates ‘fat tax’

Healthy food should be cheaper, argues Israeli lobbyist

Scrapping ‘fat tax’ on Denmark budget agenda

‘Fat tax' – why is Denmark such a quitter?

Fat but fit: Obese people can still be ‘metabolically healthy'

Could the EU implement a Europe-wide fat tax?

Greece tops the fat list, finds EU study

Food policies 'must motivate producers' to ensure supply

Low-fat dairy could reduce stroke risk

Fat tax harmonisation a speck on the horizon

Sweden may bring in trans fat legislation, report