Kellogg’s, Britvic and Mars are among the leading food and drink companies to slam Government plans that could see a ban on the online advertising of unhealthy foods. In a letter to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, bosses at Kellogg’s, Britvic and Mars joined other leading companies to attack the proposal and said the evidence … Read more
Marks & Spencer to issue its first junk bond after reporting its first loss since joining the stock market in 1926 By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 22:20 GMT, 11 November 2020 Marks & Spencer will issue its first ‘junk’ bond in a dramatic sign of … Read more
Tory MPs have blasted the Government‘s ‘nanny state’ plan to ban online junk food adverts as they argued ‘people should assume responsibility for their own health’. Conservative backbenchers said the proposals were ‘incoherent’ because they come just a matter of weeks after ministers were encouraging people to eat fast food through the Eat Out to … Read more
Junk food adverts could be banned online as the government continues its crackdown on obesity with ministers announcing a new consultation today. The proposals aim to target online advertisements for products that are high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) and will restrict a wide range of advertising methods including banner ads and paid-for ads … Read more
Kids with popular YouTube channels, known as ‘kid influencers’ or ‘kidfluencers’, are being paid to promote junk food and sugary drinks in their videos, a study reveals. US researchers analysed the five most-watched YouTube kidfluencers, their most popular videos and the presence of branded food in the videos. Kidfluencer videos featuring food and drinks were viewed … Read more
DNA – deoxyribonucleic acid – is widely known as the molecule found in the nucleus of all our cells that contains genetic information. It is shaped like a double-helix and made of small sections called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a nucleobase, a sugar, and a phosphate group. The sugar component in this particular molecule is … Read more
Students are branding their university accommodation ‘the UK’s most expensive prison’ as they criticise the food supplied to them in isolation. Undergraduates have branded food parcels as being filled with ‘junk’, forcing them to get their parents to send fresh fruit and vegetables. And some students have claimed that universities have forgotten to give them … Read more
Humans are better at remembering where we left junk food than healthy snacks because of our ‘hunter-gatherer instincts’ to avoid starvation by seeking out high-calorie foods Researchers from the Netherlands tested the spatial memory of 512 participants Each subject explored a room dotted with real food or food-odour samples As they walked around, the people … Read more
Earth is set to capture a minimoon in October that may stay until May 2021 – but some experts say the object could be man-made space junk NASA’s JPL spotted an incoming object that could be trapped in Earth’s gravity This event would mean asteroid 2020 SO would become a new minimoon Simulations show the … Read more
A hoarder who began collecting items when his wife died 18 years ago is shocked into action after a fellow sufferer admits she ‘can’t breathe’ while visiting his home. Nigel, 64, has accumulated staggering piles of junk including seven sewing machines and yards of wool and fabric, and has a problem with flies in his … Read more