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The Mediterranean Diet and heart disease

Written by Zoë on February 28, 2013 - 6 Comments
Categories: Conflict, Ingredients, Media comments, Obesity, Other Diets

The last week in February (2013) saw headlines all over the world: “Mediterranean diet shown to ward off heart attack and stroke.” The Guardian ran with “Mediterranean diet ‘cuts strokes and heart attacks in at-risk groups‘.”  The Sydney Morning Herald announced “Mediterranean diet cuts risk of first heart attack by 30%”. The world headlines were [...]

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Kellogg’s Coco Pops Advert

Written by Zoë on February 8, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Conflict

Bit of a long blog this, but hopefully worth it! 1)  I subscribe to the Children’s Food Campaign newsletter and support their campaigns. The CFC got a great article in The Independent, which can be seen here. 2) This was an extract from the Children’s Food Campaign January newsletter: “Ever thought of avoiding Coco Pops [...]

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