Posts Tagged ‘traffic light system’
British Dental Health Foundation Welcomes New Food Labelling System
The UK’s leading dental charity, the British Dental Health Foundation, has welcomed a new food labelling system, which uses a traffic light code to inform people about the nutritional content of their meals and snacks. Public health minister, Anna Soubry, announced yesterday that a voluntary system of traffic light coding would be introduced to help […]
Red Warning Labels To Appear On Unhealthy Foods To Try And Combat Health Problems
Red warning labels are to be printed on unhealthy foods to try and reduce rates of obesity, dental health issues and obesity-related conditions. The aim is to limit such health problems including: heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. New traffic light labels will appear on foods to inform consumers about the food they are […]
Dudley Dental Practice Joins New Government Pilot Scheme
A dental practice in Dudley has joined a national pilot scheme, which has been created to try and find ways of improving standards of oral health among adults and children. The overall aim is to make the dental care system more effective and efficient. Purity dental practice, which is based in Dixon’s Green Road, has […]
Colne Dental Practice Joins NHS Pilot Scheme
A dental practice in Colne, Lancashire, will join the NHS pilot scheme set to shape the new NHS dental contract. Skipton Road Dental Surgery is one of 29 new dental practices to join the pilot scheme from April. Around 70 practices are already involved in the project and the new practices will test out a […]
Low Fat Foods Have Little Benefit For Health And May Contain More Sugar, Study Claims
Low fat foods have little benefit for health and can actually be more detrimental because they contain more sugar than ‘normal’ versions, according to a study carried out by Which? The Study revealed that 6 out of 10 people eat low fat or lighter versions of popular foods every week because they think that they […]
