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Poor diets are damaging children’s health, UNICEF warns

Lelethu Tonisi
15 OCT
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Obesity crisis threatens South Africa’s health system

Johanna Ralston
19 SEP
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Beneath the surface: South Africa’s food system is in trouble

Tatjana von Bormann
25 FEB
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Bloated bodies and barren lands

Kerry Cullinan
04 FEB
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Diabetes is linked to food insecurity, and needs co-ordinated, multisectoral intervention

Nokuthula Vilakazi
13 NOV 2018
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Obesity: Is it you or ‘the system’?

Kerry Cullinan, Amy Green and Pontsho Pilane
15 OCT 2018
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Can higher ‘sin taxes’ help the economy?

Health-e News
17 SEP 2018
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Meat-heavy low-carb diets can ‘shorten lifespan’: study

AFP
17 AUG 2018
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Half of Americans trying to lose weight: study

AFP
12 JUL 2018
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Plates over Pills: An alternative way of eating for better health

Kim Harrisberg
11 JUN 2018
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London mayor wants fast-food ad ban on transport network

AFP
11 MAY 2018
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Health-e News: ‘Food apartheid’ is stoking violence

Health-e News
08 APR 2018
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Health-e News: Imminent tax on sugary drinks is just the start – Motsoaledi

Health-e News
18 MAR 2018
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Op-Ed: Mind the (food) gap

Leonie Joubert
12 DEC 2017
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In US, 57 percent of kids on track for obesity by 35: study

AFP
30 NOV 2017
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Health-e News: Sugar war is a microcosm of SA’s political rot

Health-e News
27 NOV 2017
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Health-e News: How sugar compounds the challenges faced by mental health patients

Health-e News
13 NOV 2017
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Child obesity grows tenfold since 1975: study

AFP
11 OCT 2017
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Knee arthritis twice as common in US since WWII: study

AFP
15 AUG 2017
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Health-e News: The State has to act against sugary drinks – Treasury

Health-e News
31 MAY 2017
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Health-e News: Who is fighting for stunted kids and obese adults?

Health-e News
21 MAY 2017
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