Latest Briefing in Food, health and wellbeing for 2009
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Differential Social Impacts Of Climate Change In The UK
The Stern Review highlighted that ‘the impacts of climate change are not evenly distributed – the poorest countries and people will suffer earliest and most’.
Evidence shows that not only are the poorest people often more exposed to specific climate change impacts, they are also more vulnerable to those impacts, and find it harder to recover when they occur. Climate change will widen existing inequalities, globally and locally, unless social impacts are actively addressed across the range of adaptation and mitigation measures.
Read morePublished on 23 November 2009 in Climate, water and energy , Food, health and wellbeing
Briefings in Food, health and wellbeing for 2009
Ticks And Tick-Borne Diseases In A Changing World
Recent studies show ticks and tick-borne diseases are increasing in the UK. Additionally, woodland and forest cover is changing, with big increases in forestry planned. Read more
Published on 5 November 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
Dietary Fibre And Gut Health
A better understanding of the interactions between fibre, microbes and the human body is needed if we are to offer properly informed nutritional messages, and assess health claims for food products based on fibre. Read more
Published on 5 November 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
Food Choice And Health: The Role Of Economic Factors
The Office for National Statistics in its celebration of the 50 years of the report . Read more
Published on 23 October 2009 in Sustainability and Communities , Food, health and wellbeing
Fats So? Understanding The Metabolism Of Dietary Fats And Their Impact On Health
Heart disease remains one of the major causes of premature death in the UK. Aside from debilitating effects on the quality of life it is also a major financial burden to the NHS and the economy. Read more
Published on 20 October 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
Respiratory Diseases in Livestock
Respiratory disease in sheep and cattle causes major welfare and economic problems for Scottish farms despite the widespread use of vaccines and antibiotics. Read more
Published on 29 September 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
Sugar And Saturated Fat Intake In Children
Results of a study in Scotland showing that in children in Scotland in 2006, non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES) provided 17. Read more
Published on 30 July 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
Sustainable Control Of Parasitic Worms In UK Livestock
Effective control of endemic parasitic diseases is a requirement for sustainable sheep production however the widespread development of drug resistant parasites can now be considered as an emerging disease problem. Read more
Published on 23 July 2009 in Sustainability and Communities , Food, health and wellbeing
You Are What Your Mother Ate: Diet, Pregnancy Outcome And Lifelong Health
The incidence of babies born at the birth weight extremes is steadily increasing in the UK and is of concern because the associated complications for mother and child are a major drain on NHS resources. Read more
Published on 24 June 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
Profiting From Animal Welfare
Examples of how farm animal welfare and profit can be simultaneously improved by addressing system components. Read more
Published on 8 June 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
Phytochemicals And Health
Locally-produced fruit and vegetables contain many compounds (phytochemicals) with potential health benefits but the amounts of phytochemicals present can vary markedly depending on variety, season, growing conditions and method of cooking. Read more
Published on 18 May 2009 in Food, health and wellbeing
