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...
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...
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…
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
