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Taking the Pulse of Hospital Food

by Elizabeth Atherton | Mar 23, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Climate & Environment, Food

Happy NHS Sustainability Day!  A national day of action across the health sector to highlight the important role of sustainability in health service delivery. Hospital environments that promote food which is both healthy and sustainable are absolutely key to the...

Dietary guidelines should encourage a healthy planet – The BMJ

by Elizabeth Atherton | Mar 10, 2017 | In the News, Climate & Environment, Food

Anne Gulland reviews our new policy briefing, A Healthy and Sustainable Food Future, for BMJ News

Healthy eating advice must be healthy for the planet too, say public health and environmental campaigners

by Elizabeth Atherton | Mar 8, 2017 | Press Releases, Climate & Environment, Food

PRESS RELEASE Contacts: Josephine Head at Medact – johead@medact.org  – 07585 605201 Elena Salazar at Eating Better – elena@eating-better.org – 07849 051492 Healthy eating advice must be healthy for the planet too, say public health and environmental...

Senior medics call on government to immediately ban the routine use of antibiotics in UK farming

by Elizabeth Atherton | Nov 14, 2016 | Campaign Updates, Press Releases, Sign-Ons, Climate & Environment, Food

In an unprecedented move, fifteen senior medics have written to the UK government calling for urgent action to tackle the routine misuse of antibiotics in UK farming…

Shifting Towards Sustainable Diets – how dietitians can help

by Elizabeth Atherton | Jul 25, 2016 | Blogs, Climate & Environment, Food

As we are faced with an increasingly uncertain food future, there is an urgent need to take a sustainable ecological approach to our food system. Dietitians can and should play an important role in this emerging area.

The social, economic and environmental role of hospital kitchens

by Elizabeth Atherton | Jun 2, 2016 | Blogs, Climate & Environment, Food

This decision provides a perfect example of what Devo Manc should challenge, where decisions are made based on what will be best for an ‘organisation’ rather than for the people and the community within which it is situated.

How environmentally sustainable are the new dietary guidelines?

by Elizabeth Atherton | Mar 17, 2016 | Blogs, News, Climate & Environment, Food

  Today saw the launch of the Eatwell Guide – the UK’s official food guide to healthy diets. Astonishingly, despite major changes in eating habits and advances in nutrition science, this is the first review of these guidelines since their original...

Eating Better calls on Government to step up to the plate for our health and the health of the planet

by Elizabeth Atherton | Feb 2, 2016 | News, Climate & Environment, Food

Yesterday, Tuesday 2 February, Eating Better – an alliance of nearly 50 organisations, including Medact – launched its asks of Government – to take urgent action on the unsustainable level of meat in our diets for the sake of our health, and the planet. “With a...

Medical experts call for ban on preventative use of antibiotics in groups of healthy animals

by Elizabeth Atherton | Nov 24, 2015 | News, Food

On Sunday November 22, during World Antibiotics Awareness Week, 20 senior representatives from health and medical organisations, including Medact, co-signed a letter, published in the Times, calling on the UK Government and European Commission to put an end to...

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