{"id":1909,"date":"2010-11-19T09:48:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T09:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2010-11-19T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T09:48:47","slug":"this-weeks-food-news-19th-november-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2010\/11\/19\/this-weeks-food-news-19th-november-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"This week’s food news | 19th November 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

McDonald’s and PepsiCo UK health gurus
\n<\/span><\/strong>\"\"<\/a>Health secretary Andrew Lansley has initiated a “responsibility deal<\/a>” with businesses such as McDonald’s, PepsiCo and KFC, who will consult on next month’s white paper. As the government looks to tackle obesity and alcohol-related disease, it seems the policy is ‘keep your enemies closer’. Better the devil you know, eh?<\/p>\n

Fat people ‘better at sniffing out food’
\n<\/span><\/strong>\"\"<\/a>As headlines go it’s a belter. Fat people, the Daily Mail tells us<\/a>, have a better sense of smell, but – but – <\/em>only for sniffing out food. “Although over-eating and too little exercise are largely (largely?!) to blame for the obesity epidemic, many experts believe that other factors are also at play.” Well it’s an interesting theory and one we should all consider at length.<\/p>\n

Hugh FW’s fish fight campaign begins
\n<\/span><\/strong>Half of all the fish that are caught in the North Sea are thrown back dead. Please click this link<\/a> and support the campaign against this profligate fishing.<\/p>\n