PROTECTIVE POLICIES Global shift in food marketing regulations: Norway leads, UK falters amid industry pressure 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
HIDDEN HUNGER Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures: Tackling South Africa’s stunting crisis through maternal support grants 4 min 0 By Rahima Essop and Liezel Engelbrecht
CIVIL ACTION SUIT Unprecedented lawsuit against ultra-processed food companies — Big Food on trial 7 min 44 By Adèle Sulcas
WORLD FOOD DAY GUEST EDITORIAL Save our children - Almost 30% of children under 5 are stunted 4 min 1 By Lori Lake
DIETARY SHIFT 'Better strategies needed to protect South Africans against ultra-processed foods' 3 min 9 By Adèle Sulcas
ADDITIVES If emulsifiers are potentially harmful, why are they in most of our food? Part One 2 min 2 By Adèle Sulcas
ADDITIVES If emulsifiers are potentially harmful, why are they in most of our food? Part Two 4 min 2 By Adèle Sulcas
PUBLIC HEALTH Why people struggle to eat better (Part One) – survival mode and immediate satisfaction 4 min 1 By Lillian Roberts
PUBLIC HEALTH Why people struggle to eat better — survival mode and immediate satisfaction (Part Two) 5 min 1 By Lillian Roberts
BOOK REVIEW Ultra-Processed People — the unhealthy global food system and why we can’t stop eating ‘junk food’ 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
DEADLY DIET Studies flagging raised risk of heart attack from ultra-processed foods prompts warning of ‘tidal wave of ill health’ 6 min 4 By Adèle Sulcas
MONEY GUZZLER Avoidable errors in new draft regulations on warning labels have cost South Africans more than R1m so far 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
FOOD JUSTICE PART FIVE The deep dive that exposed the giant ‘lie’ behind ultra-processed foods 12 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
PROCESSED FOR PROFIT Researchers and dieticians argue it’s high time South African food products come with warnings 11 min 0 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
FOOD JUSTICE PART ONE Child targets: South Africa faces an obesity-related health catastrophe linked to poor regulation of food advertising 9 min 2 By Adèle Sulcas
THE CONVERSATION Five reasons South Africa isn’t ready for health claims on food labels 3 min 0 By Melvi Todd
THE CONVERSATION How big companies are targeting middle income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales 5 min 1 By Edwin Kwong, Joanna Williams, Phillip Baker, Rob Moodie and Thiago M Santos
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed UN Food Systems Summit should provide an opportunity to strengthen policy interventions on ultra-processed foods that cause disease 4 min 0 By Camila Corvalán
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed South Africa’s food systems are broken, but we can fix them. Here’s how 4 min 0 By Dr Kopano Matlwa Mabaso, Nzama Mbalati, Hoodah Abrahams-Fayke and Anele Yawa
