Fairtrade Monitoring Report
Fairtrade International (FLO) has published ‘Monitoring the Scope and Benefits of Fairtrade 2012’, a compendium of data and summaries of key research exploring the impacts of Fairtrade. The report...
View ArticleStudy: Reality Check - There is no such thing as a miracle food
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This commentary in the Nutrition and Cancer journal discusses some of the concerns related to the promotion of “miracle foods” by the media. The...
View ArticleWHO report: Marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar to children
Category for mailing: Reports The WHO Regional Office for Europe has produced a report calling for tighter controls on the marketing to children of foods high in saturated and trans fats, free sugars...
View ArticleNewsletter: The Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food
Category for mailing: News Do you want to get even more information on food-related issues in your inbox? Then we recommend that you sign up for the The Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food...
View ArticleLancet series on maternal and child undernutrition
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles Maternal and child undernutrition was the subject of a Series of papers in The Lancet in 2008. Five years after the initial series, the Lancet...
View ArticleAntibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This article published in the Lancet, argues that coordinated action at the political level, both nationally and internationally is required to meet...
View ArticleDiversity food and diets Using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition...
Category for mailing: Books This publication forms part of a larger series published by Earthscan/Routledge in association with Biodiversity Iinternational, entitled Issues in Agricultural...
View ArticleAnnual report Bioversity International - especially work on Sustainable diets
Category for mailing: Reports The annual report 2013 from Bioversity international contains a special discussion on “Improved nutrition through sustainable food choices”.The sustainable diets research...
View ArticleSpecial Issue on Cooperatives and Alternative Food Systems Initiatives - Free...
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles A special issue of the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) on Cooperatives and Alternative Food Systems...
View ArticleStreet Food: Culture, Economy, Health and Governance
Category for mailing: Books Abstract Prepared foods, for sale in streets, squares or markets, are ubiquitous around the world and throughout history.read more
View ArticleBook: Savoring Alternative Food: School Gardens, Healthy Eating and Visceral...
Category for mailing: Resources Abstract Advocates of the alternative food movement often insist that food is our "common ground"– that through the very basic human need to eat, we all become entwined...
View ArticleSquare Meal: Why we need a new recipe for farming, wildlife, food and public...
Category for mailing: Reports Square Meal: why we need a new recipe for farming, wildlife, food and public health’ is a new report published by The Food Research Collaboration, the RSPB, Friends of...
View ArticleCan we say what diet is best for health?
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This paper provides a schema for categorizing all diets as either: low carbohydrate; fat, low glycemic; Mediterranean; mixed, balanced; Paleolithic;...
View ArticlePrice gap between more and less healthy foods grew between 2002 and 2012
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles Novel use of UK national data finds a growing gap between the prices of more and less healthy foods between 2002 and 2012. Healthy foods in 2012...
View ArticleIt is time to revisit current dietary recommendations for saturated fat
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles Although there is no absolute consensus on the recommendation for total fat and dietary fat and saturated fat (SFA) intake between governing bodies...
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