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Archive for the ‘Health and nutrition’ Category
Govt new strategy for Health People
It delegates wellbeing and healthy lifestyle stuff to Local Authorities but does ring fence money It mentions Fruit and Veg three times and a day once. It has lots on smoking ,alcohol and exercise Obesity has special section but details nor available until spring. It will make the fruit and veg message very diverse in delivery and connectivity with F&V growers /industry . This could be good but will need a lot of local grower voices instead of relying on NFU centrally to lobby for all at once
World Food Security
This is a Food and Agriculture Organisation review of the world larder rather then just UK Food Security It has great relevance to the food chain and population movement in the UK for our children
http://www.earthprint.com/productfocus.php?id=FAO111002&eptc=ep8612
FOE changing diet challenge
Looking at the health effects on the Friends of the Earth / Compassion in World Farming diets by authors from British Heart Foundation Oxford University.It analyses the health science around eating more fruit and veg and lees meat.The behavioral change needed is identified.
Eat your greens
A positive message for diabetes avoidance for cabbage and spinach eaters