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It is easy to blame Hostess' problems on the decrease in sales, but they only saw a small decrease in sales last year. Hostess' problems are due to management, and not market shares.
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The king of the fast food industry -McDonald's- is under pressure to end its most iconic meal - the Happy Meal. Many top medical experts have called for it to be axed amid growing concern over children's health.
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Although the French loudly and proudly profess their intense dislike of Coca-Cola and McDonalds hamburgers because they are American products, the plain fact is that they are among the world’s most assiduous guzzlers of both.
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For those who love cupcakes, it may be a distressing time to be a child or a parent of a child in Michigan schools. Cupcakes are no longer welcome now in some schools with the new voluntary Michigan nutrition standards, which may soon become mandatory.
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In the same way as taxing cigarettes helped to reduce smoking and related illnesses, would raising the price of junk food by taxation - as Denmark has done - help lower obesity rates in the UK?
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Close to 50 carrot growers have banded together for a $25 million marketing campaign to get people to consider carrots instead of junk food for those lunch-boxes.
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A US interagency working group has laid out strict nutritional standards for foods marketed to children between 2-17 years of age.
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A 29-stone mother of three has told how she feeds her eight-month-old triplets crisps, take-aways and ready-meals in place of healthy food.
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A 37-year old man who was told by his doctor that he has only a year to live if he remains obese, went through with an operation, lost 430 pounds and is now happy with his life.
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A study shows how pets are becoming obese due to junk food diets. This has lead to pets suffering from diseases such as asthma, diabetes and liver complications.
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Scotland's public health minister writes to the UK health secretary urging support for a pre-watershed ban on junk food adverts.
Supermarkets stand accused of undermining parents' attempts to feed their families healthily by continuing to place junk food near checkouts.
BBC Radio 5 live's Tony Livesey discussed whether junk food should be taxed to help tackle obesity
 Colorado takes aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers ban.
Many parents would like to see a ban on the advertising of unhealthy foods and sugary snacks before the 2100 watershed, a survey for the Children's Food Trust suggests.
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