food and feeding
Recession could work wonders for British diet
The Times (London), 17 October 2008
Leading food writer says rising food prices will force people to be more 'canny' about where they shop and what they cook.
Childhood obesity is not a form of child abuse
spiked, 8 October 2008
Public health zealots have no business putting fat kids on the at-risk register. By Dr Michael Fitzpatrick.
Encouraging children to finish their meals ‘could fuel obesity crisis’
Daily Telegraph, 7 October 2008
Telling children to clean their plates could be unwittingly fuelling the obesity crisis, a new study suggests.
Three out of four British adults ‘are too fat’
Daily Telegraph, 6 October 2008
Three-quarters of British adults are too fat, according to new research that suggests the traditional way of calculating body mass is wrong.
Jamie Oliver’s army has lost its way
The Sunday Times, 5 October 2008
By A.A. Gill.
Jamie Oliver faces backlash over new show
The Times (London), 4 October 2008
Campaigning celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who successfully battled to improve the quality of school meals, has enraged the subjects of his latest quest to wean families off a diet of junk food and help them cook home meals.
Take obese children into care, says health expert
Daily Telegraph, 3 October 2008
Overweight children should be taken from their homes and given radical weight-loss surgery, a health expert will urge this week.
Jamie Oliver cooks up a storm by portraying town as ‘full of down-and-out dumbos’
Daily Mail, 3 October 2008
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been cooking up trouble in a Yorkshire town after locals claim his latest hit TV show portrays them as a bunch of 'dumbos'.
Jamie Oliver’s unpalatable ministry to the poor
spiked, 1 October 2008
Once again the celebrity chef, cheered by the media, is adopting a missionary position as he sticks it to the junk-eating lower orders. By Rob Lyons.
News Review interview: Jamie Oliver
Sunday Times, 28 September 2008
Ministers want cooking back in the classroom but the chef smells something rotten.
Primary pupils to be offered free school meals
The Times (London), 25 September 2008
Pilot scheme intended to improve behaviour, cut obesity and promote healthy eating brought in as part of package of reforms.
Mass recall of China milk produce
BBC News, 19 September 2008
Shop shelves in China and elsewhere are being cleared of popular dairy products after tests found contamination in regular milk as well as baby formula.
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