Lose weight? Cut fructose

It is the time of year when many people (myself included) try to lose any weight they have put on over Christmas (3 kgs), and resolve to live a healthier lifestyle in 2013.  So it is little surprise that there

Adidas: ‘”Poverty Wages” in the sporting goods industry’. A justification?

Regulars to Ethical Athlete will recall that back in April I highlighted an article from The Independent investigating claims that Adidas branded clothing for the Olympics was being produced under sweatshop conditions.  The Independent were not the only news source to cover

Apparently Jess Ennis is fat too

In the few days since Hollie Avil announced her retirement from triathlon – details here – Tony Minichiello, the coach to Jess Ennis, has said that a senior UK Athletics official once told him that he considered Ennis to be

Adidas, sweatshops and the Olympics

I’m not going to go into the detail here as The Independent have already done so, but it would seem that much of the Adidas branded clothing being produced for the Olympics is being produced in Asian sweatshops where the working