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Food insecurity on the rise according to new FSA survey results
The latest Food and You 2 survey results have been released by the Food Standards Agency, and the results indicate a tough landscape for consumers.
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Tenderstem reveals Action Against Hunger partnership
Broccoli revolutionary Tenderstem has partnered up with Action Against Hunger and a local community scheme to support those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
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How do you get college students to eat more vegetables?
By implementing more challenges and education into nutritional education, researchers from the University of Louisville suggest college students can feel more comfortable cooking with vegetables.
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Conflicting views on UK TfL junk food ban research
A new study has found that the TfL’s ban on advertising HFSS foods has made a huge dent in obesity numbers and is expected to save the NHS £218 million over the lifetime of the current population. But not everyone's so sure....
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Increased heart disease risk from red meat may stem from gut microbe response to digestion
A high intake of red meat has been linked to heart disease time and time again – a study aiming to understand why, has revealed it may be to do with how our gut microbes are responding to digestion.
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SNAP work requirements increase mental health care use, claims research
Some US states have introduced work requirements for those receiving food stamps, but new research has suggested that these requirements can have a devastating impact on mental health.
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Why do humans drink animal milk?
Humans are the only species to drink the milk of another, and researchers think the answer may lie in the desperation cause by famine and disease outbreaks.
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Ultra-processed food linked with increased risk of dementia
Scientists have identified a possible link between ultra-processed food and an increased risk of dementia…but the good news is a healthier diet could decrease the risk too.
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Twitter analysis suggests diets improved during pandemic
Interesting research from Boston University suggests that diets improved in most US states during the pandmeic, and has identified a link between neighbourhood and the healthiness of diet.
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Our latest US food industry eBook: Over the Horizon
New Food hears from some of the premier experts in the US food and beverage industry and the innovative solutions they are finding for the obstacles presented in 2022.
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Extreme heat exposure worsening child malnutrition, says research
Extreme heat is wiping out gains made in the battle against poverty and malnutrition, and future strategies should take increasing temperatures into account, says new Cornell University research.
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Children could be unknowingly marketing unhealthy brands on TikTok
Are TikTok users, especially children, unwittingly becoming brand ambassadors for unhealthy food and beverage products? Researchers behind a new BMJ study think so.
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee to examine food security
The committee will examine whether the Government’s food strategy will affect resilience in the food and beverage supply chain and determine how the current pressures on industry is challenging consumers.
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Catastrophe averted? Ukraine wheat deal signed
The striking of a deal to lift the Black Sea blockade is quite clearly good news, but here Professor Chris Elliott explains just how important the settlement is for global food security.
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Brits can’t afford to eat healthy, claims new research
As budgets stretch, Brits are becoming more and more concerned that they will not be able to afford to buy healthier products and will instead turn to less nutritious alternatives.
