The NSW Food Authority has continued its crackdown on dodgy diet foods, issuing fines to two Sydney-based companies for advertising food for sale claiming it had weight loss properties and providing advice...

Advertisements for high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) foods aimed at children now only make up a very small portion of all food and beverage advertisements on children’s television in Australia, according...

Childhood obesity appears to have plateaued in NSW, but 23 per cent of school children are still above the healthy weight range, according to a University of Sydney survey released this week.The results...

UK organic food makers have launched a marketing campaign they hope will improve consumer understanding of the sector and boost sales.The three-year “Why I Love Organic” campaign, launched...

Following a review of more than 5,600 creative submissions – the most ever in a single year of competition – Doritos and Pepsi MAX today revealed the names of the 10 finalists in the Crash...

Danone has agreed to settle with US regulators investigating claims the French food giant made when advertising probiotic products in the market. The US Federal Trade Commission said Danone had agreed...

An American man has just eaten his 1200th potato as part of a bizarre 60 day challenge to promote potatoes.Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington Potato Commission ate nothing but 20 potatoes...

Kellogg’s today received some tough news to swallow as it was named as having one of Australia’s worst junk food marketing campaigns to target children, for the fourth year running. Parents...

Women are much more likely to be persuaded to either eat healthily or undertake dangerous dieting by other women, rather than men, according to new research from The Australian National University. The...

UK retailer Sainsbury’s has launched its Christmas campaign featuring Jamie Oliver. Launched on Monday (15 November), the 60-second ‘perfect Christmas’ advert, aims to highlight the...