Health Star Rating System ‘shuns’ vegetables, AusVeg Vegetable industry body AusVeg has said it is “appalled” at the number of vegetables that do not receive a full rating under the new voluntary...

Food ministers sign off on new star labelling scheme The troubled Health Star Rating system for food labelling has been signed off by food and health ministers from the Australian Federal, State and Territory...

People on a diet are better at reading food labels, a study has found People who attend slimming groups are more likely to read and understand the nutritional information given on food compared with those...

The Cancer Council Queensland has called for food manufacturers to follow Monster's lead on Health Stars The Cancer Council Queensland has urged the State’s food manufacturers to adopt Health Star...

Monster Muesli's Berry Muesli, with Health Start Rating labelling Family-owned Australian muesli manufacturer Monster Health Food Co (Monster) is the first food manufacturer in Australia to use the...

CHOICE calculated the Health Star Ratings of stringy cheese products Consumer group CHOICE has used the recently released Health Star Rating Calculator to compare a selection of supermarket favourites. CHOICE’s...

More people in the US are exercising, but obesity levels are still rising, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Two studies...