Acknowledging that the profit motive warps health information to generate sales can help us lead healthier, more rewarding lives, at lower risk and lower cost. Businesses large and small routinely seek to emphasise potential health benefits of their products and services while minimising or … [Read more...] about Alertness to commercial interests is an essential health defence
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How to filter unhelpful online ads
Tweaking Google, Facebook and Twitter’s ad settings can make it easier to change unwelcome habits. Here’s how. Advertising reinforces products’ attractive associations, so making their consumption seem more desirable. Google said last month it will make alcohol and gambling ad filtering … [Read more...] about How to filter unhelpful online ads
Trying to cut back on alcohol? Here’s what works
by Nicole Lee, Curtin University With everything going on over the past couple of years, many people have changed their drinking habits. We’ve seen an increased demand for support, suggesting more people are trying to cut back or quit. There are so many options for cutting back or quitting … [Read more...] about Trying to cut back on alcohol? Here’s what works
Alcohol is useless
Alcohol is useless, with all of its purported benefits achievable by other means which are not hazardous to health or well-being. To find out more, join the supporters of Alcohol Review. ■ … [Read more...] about Alcohol is useless
Alcohol risk made simple
The chance that alcohol causes our death increases rapidly with the amount consumed. Drinking under 140ml a week is estimated to keep the chances of an alcohol death below 1/100. The only way to make the risk zero risk is to not drink any. ■ This is one of a collection of shareable alcohol … [Read more...] about Alcohol risk made simple
Guideline labelling’s welcome return leaves open question
So it is welcome news that the government is pressing for the official guidelines to return in September (see video), albeit two years after they were quietly dropped. I have joined calls for official health guidelines to appear on all alcoholic drinks labels since revealing that they had been … [Read more...] about Guideline labelling’s welcome return leaves open question