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Nutrition & public health: useful info – Birmingham Food Council

WEBNutrition & public health: useful info. Bailey, Rob & Ross Harper, David (2015) Reviewing interventions for sustainable and healthy diets. Chatham House. Barabasi, Albert …

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Eat food (not edible food-like substances), not too much, mostly …

WEBMost food ‘products’ aren’t food, he says; they’re “edible food-like substances”. Now read again his seven word mantra with that thought in mind: eat food, …

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Is healthy fast food possible

WEBThere is growing interest in obesogenic environments — and that includes the proliferation of cheap fast food outlets and how the number of fast food outlets in an …

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National Food Strategy #3: The global competition for safe, …

WEBOur horizon scanning project report, Back from the Future, published in January 2018, contained this stark warning: We currently import 40% of our food. But …

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Assessing the Birmingham Food Strategy

WEBAssessing the Birmingham Food Strategy. As part of the Healthy Food City Forum, we were asked to assess a draft Birmingham Food Strategy earlier this month. …

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National Food Strategy #15: Drug foods and their specific risks to …

WEBThe profits and prevalence of drug-food companies present specific and damaging risks to the UK food supply chain. What a drug food is The term ‘drug-foods’ …

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The Birmingham Food Charter

WEBThe Birmingham Food Charter is a high level statement of a vision and the key priorities to deliver that vision. Vision. Our vision is of a city. whose citizens have a healthy diet …

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Food System Transformation #10: Complex adaptive systems, …

WEBAs well as the blogpost about small worlds, there will later blogposts on useful concepts in network theory, along with illustrations of how these concepts can …

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National Food Strategy #7: A simplified fresh produce supply …

WEBIt’s worth remembering, too, that the margins along the whole fresh produce supply chain are tiny, 0%-2.5% was quoted to us a couple of years ago (see Back from …

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RSPH on tackling the childhood obesity epidemic

WEBThe Royal Society for Public Health have just published an excellent report outlining the drivers of childhood obesity and suggesting the following measures to …

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Birmingham Food Council – We focus on the risks and threats to …

WEBPerhaps there is a dawning realisation that farmers depend upon favourable weather conditions to produce the food upon which we depend. The Telegraph, the Mail and the …

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Update on food safety, assurance and integrity in Birmingham

WEBIt’s the job of local authority Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) to inspect, sample and organising the testing of food in the food premises in their area.

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What does Tim Spector eat in a day

WEBMy rough calculation is that the meals he shows us cost would cost over £40 a week — and that’s without any meat. Let’s say £40/week. That’s £173.33 per month. …

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Childhood obesity in Birmingham – Birmingham Food Council

WEBThe Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Board, which straddles Birmingham City Council, Clinical Commissioning Groups, the NHS, Healthwatch and the voluntary …

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Coca-Cola ingredient: Carbonated water – Birmingham Food Council

WEBAll cokes and most Coca-Cola products are carbonated — or ‘fizzy’ to use the British term. Despite fluoridisation of Birmingham’s water supply, there has been …

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What’s your blueprint for a just society

WEBWhat’s your blueprint for a just society? Your answer probably reflects who you are and the situation you find yourself in. If you’re rich, you may well be in favour of …

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Molly Jahn & Aled Jones: Lloyds of London food system shock …

WEBMolly Jahn is a Professor at the University of WIsconsin-Madison, has advised the White House on food security matters — and is on our Panel of Experts.. …

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Coca-Cola ingredient: Sulfite ammonia caramel (E150d) . . . too …

WEBSulfite ammonia caramel (E150d) is a widely used safe food colourant at certain levels. But Coca-Cola don’t always keep to these safe levels.

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BIRMINGHAM FOOD COUNCIL

WEBIn 2014, Birmingham City Council commissioned the Regional Observatory to produce a report to support the development of the food and drink sector in the Greater …

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