AS NEW YORK bans giant servings amid growing pressure to confront obesity, Footprint asks if the UK’s soft drinks face hard regulation. Last month Coca-Cola unveiled a new advert, but it’s not just any advert. Instead of relating its drinks to happiness the [...]
POLITICIANS FEAR the idea. Environmentalists love it. Consumers dont understand it. And businesses are beginning to trial it. David Burrows investigates the controversial concept of sustainable diets. Obesity and diet-related illness are on the increase. Fewer young people are being taught how to [...]
SANDWICHES CAN contain a fairly thick slice of daily guidelines amounts of fat and salt, according to a new report by Which? The research, which focussed on sandwiches bought through retailers, found that contents varied so widely that a sandwich bought in [...]
In the face of adversity, 2009 has been an extraordinary year. The industry has proven to be far more resilient as far as green issues are concerned far more so than anyone had anticipated. True, there are many businesses out there who consider sustainable aspects of business a nice to have and not a [...]
Parallel Lines: Could there be a relationship between Obesity and Food Waste?
By Nick Fenwicke-Clennell on September 4, 2009
Published in: Comment, Features and tagged health, obesity, obesity and food industry.
I hope Im not overstepping my mandate here, but I cannot help but feel that the strong correlation between obesity and food waste just has to be faced. According to the World Health Organisation, 400 million adults worldwide are obese; a figure it forecasts that is set [...]