Soft drink

Greek counterterrorism officials have launched an investigation after a post on an anti-establishment website warned of a plan to contaminate food products at supermarkets with chlorine and hydrochloric acid.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has called for a sugar tax on soft drinks, saying that Australia’s obesity problem is due to people “sitting on their backsides” and “eating too much food.”

‘If you want to deal with being overweight,” he said, “here’s a rough suggestion: stop eating so much and do a bit of exercise.”

Three coloring substances in drinks and foods are posing a health risk for consumers and mostly for children.

The conclusion has been made following a new research conducted by PhD Georgi Miloshev, Director of the Laboratory on Molecular Genetics to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN).

One in five Greek teens are struggling in the battle of the bulge, claiming to be permanently on a diet according to the University Mental Health Research Institute (EPIPSY). 30% of teens have a negative image of their body, whereas girls are more likely to be stricter when evaluating their bodies than boys.

Starting Tuesday, April 28, selling of fruit juices with added sugars is officially banned in Bulgaria.

The restriction will apply not only in the Bulgarian market, but also will be imposed across the entire European Union.

Indonesia banned on April 16 small retailers from selling beer, despite an outcry from the booze industry and in tourism hotspots over the Muslim-majority country's latest offensive against drinking.

The Lancet and Lancet Global Health on obesity detailed the worsening food-consumption habits in 187 countries around the world. Strangely enough, it was found that people in some poor and middle-income countries have better diets than those in rich countries where major Western snack and soft drink makers are targeting children.

Bulgarian spend the most significant part of their budget on food and soft drinks, shows the Q2 data of the National Statistics Institute. 

Every other Bulgarian consumes way too much sugary products, shows an analysis of the National Public Health Center (NPHC). 

According to the data, the Bulgarians consume an average of 36 kg of sugar per year, whereas a century ago it was 2 kg per year.