{"id":34038,"date":"2015-04-29T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=34038"},"modified":"2015-04-29T10:13:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T09:13:57","slug":"the-bmj-today-hidden-calories-derailed-salt-strategy-aid-to-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2015\/04\/29\/the-bmj-today-hidden-calories-derailed-salt-strategy-aid-to-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMJ Today: Hidden calories, a derailed salt strategy, and a call for aid to Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/04\/alcohol_supermarket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-34039\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/04\/alcohol_supermarket.jpg\" alt=\"alcohol_supermarket\" width=\"171\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a><strong>\u2022 Is it time for calorie labels on alcohol?<\/strong><br \/>\nHow much do you know about the calorie content of your favourite tipple? Probably not much, if you follow the trend of most people previously\u00a0surveyed on this topic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h2047\">In this personal view, Fiona Sim says we need to tackle<\/a>\u00a0the number of \u201cinvisible\u201d calories we consume in alcohol by making calorie labels compulsory on all alcoholic drinks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 UK coalition government derailed efforts to reduce salt in food<\/strong><br \/>\nPoor diet is now the biggest cause of death and ill health in the UK and worldwide, with the large amounts of salt, saturated fat, and sugars added by the food industry the main culprits. That may seem like incentive enough for governments to challenge\u00a0what the food industry is producing, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h1936\">Graham MacGregor, Feng He, and Sonia Pombo-Rodrigues discuss how <\/a>the UK\u2019s Food Standards Agency\u2019s successful salt reduction strategy was stalled by the coalition government\u2019s responsibility deal with the alcohol and food industries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/04\/nepal_earthquake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-34041\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/04\/nepal_earthquake-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"nepal_earthquake\" width=\"221\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/04\/nepal_earthquake-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/04\/nepal_earthquake.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><strong>\u2022 Appeal for earthquake aid<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the wake of the earthquake in Nepal\u2014which struck on 25 April, causing heavy damage as well as thousands of deaths and injuries\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h2275\">the World Health Organization has called for $5m (\u00a33.3m; \u20ac4.6m) to help it<\/a> respond to the grave humanitarian situation.<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Daynes, executive director of the UK branch of the charity Doctors of the World, said in a statement, \u201cHospitals are utterly incapacitated, infrastructure has been decimated, and thousands of people are sleeping on the streets. With monsoon season only weeks away this is a catastrophe of the highest order and demands an urgent medical response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 What to do with foot drop\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foot drop (weakness of the dorsiflexion muscles in the foot) is common, causes difficulty in walking, and greatly increases risk of falling. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h1736\">This education article outlines what to cover in a 10 minute consultation<\/a> with a patient you suspect of having\u00a0foot drop.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kelly Brendel<\/strong> is assistant web editor, <\/em>The BMJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Is it time for calorie labels on alcohol? How much do you know about the calorie content of your favourite tipple? Probably not much, if you follow the trend of most people previously\u00a0surveyed on this topic. 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