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New Year’s approaching and your resolutions are brewing; why not make 2017 more sweet but with less sugar. Evidence-based and health-driven, here are Sandro’s 7 helpful tips to breaking up with sugar.
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In the month that made us rethink, Sandro outlines three great news stories in our fight on obesity.
This week, I had the pleasure of sitting with Jessica Renzella - an Australian PhD student with Oxford University and a budding global health shaper. She told me about a new social campaign she’s leading…
Since Mexico introduced a 10% “tax” on sugar-sweetened beverages in 2014, global political momentum for this form of fiscal policy has been building. Societal interest and support have also grown. Taking…
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True for almost all situations in life, being proactive is best. And this has been a formative lesson in my time so far: whether reaching out to a potential mentor that inspired me and making time for…
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Free and fair markets; a healthy, productive workforce; and empowered consumers. Everyone has an interest in curbing obesity.
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Just two weeks ago today, I was leaving one of the most enormous feasts of my lifetime. Engorged and almost bursting, I was finishing a two-day Nordic intellectual smörgåsbord at the 2016 EAT Stockholm…
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It’s easy to forget the power of what is on our dinner plate. Let me share with you just six reasons why food offers a world of opportunities, and solutions.
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As 2015 closes, it is easy to feel daunted by the future - even overwhelmed. In a year that saw the world pass the historic 400PPM of atmospheric carbon for the first time in a long time, and with global…
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How do we bring all communities together and re-start difficult conversations about our biggest collective challenges? At 7pm on Friday 11 December, our global community will have either closed the momentous…