Image Resources Our extensive research library contains thousands of summaries of journal articles, reports and news stories that can be searched by keyword and category RESOURCES CATEGORYBooksBriefing paperEvent recordingFeatured articlesFeatured reportGameJournal articlesNews and resourcesReportsThink pieceVideoWorking paperWorkshop summary YEAR201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Image Resource A key debate: the impact on diets and greenhouse gas emissions of eliminating animals from US agriculture Three letters have been published in a recent edition of PNAS criticising the assumptions and conclusions drawn by a 2017 paper which sought to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) and nutritional implications of completely eliminating animals from US agriculture. A rebuttal letter by the authors of the original 2017 paper appears alongside the three letters in the journal. Read Image Resource Personality and attitudinal correlates of meat consumption: Results of two representative German samples In this study, researchers investigated the interplay between meat consumption and personality traits, political views, and environmental attitudes. Read Image Resource France to make half of all food in public sector organic or local by 2022 The French government has announced that half of all food procured by its public sector must be organic or locally produced by 2022. The media coverage does not offer a definition of ‘local’ food. Read Image Resource Corn syrup lobbyist is helping set USDA dietary guidelines A former lobbyist for the Snack Food Association and the Corn Refiners Association (whose members make high-fructose corn syrup) has been granted a waiver of conflict of interest rules, enabling her to advise the US Department of Agriculture on dietary guidelines. Read Image Resource Anti-obesity programmes in primary schools 'don't work' A trial of a school anti-obesity programme in the West Midlands, UK, showed no improvements in body mass index, energy expenditure, body fat measurements or activity levels. Read Image Resource Your “grass-fed” milk may actually not be, but a new technology could change that A new technique has been devised to verify whether the cows producing ‘organic’ milk have actually spent the required 120 days a year grazing outdoors. Read Image Resource In sweeping war on obesity, Chile slays Tony the Tiger The Chilean government is using marketing restrictions, packaging regulations and labelling rules to tackle obesity. Three-quarters of adults in the country, and over half of 6-year-old children, are overweight or obese. Read Image Resource What can we expect for food, drink and agriculture policy in 2018? The European Public Health Alliance points to five areas where food, drink and agriculture policies in Europe are expected to develop in the coming year. Read Image Resource British food system in a ‘vulnerable’ state, Lords committee hears Brexit could affect food security and food prices in the UK, according to industry and academic voices. Read VIEW MORE
Image Resource A key debate: the impact on diets and greenhouse gas emissions of eliminating animals from US agriculture Three letters have been published in a recent edition of PNAS criticising the assumptions and conclusions drawn by a 2017 paper which sought to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) and nutritional implications of completely eliminating animals from US agriculture. A rebuttal letter by the authors of the original 2017 paper appears alongside the three letters in the journal. Read
Image Resource Personality and attitudinal correlates of meat consumption: Results of two representative German samples In this study, researchers investigated the interplay between meat consumption and personality traits, political views, and environmental attitudes. Read
Image Resource France to make half of all food in public sector organic or local by 2022 The French government has announced that half of all food procured by its public sector must be organic or locally produced by 2022. The media coverage does not offer a definition of ‘local’ food. Read
Image Resource Corn syrup lobbyist is helping set USDA dietary guidelines A former lobbyist for the Snack Food Association and the Corn Refiners Association (whose members make high-fructose corn syrup) has been granted a waiver of conflict of interest rules, enabling her to advise the US Department of Agriculture on dietary guidelines. Read
Image Resource Anti-obesity programmes in primary schools 'don't work' A trial of a school anti-obesity programme in the West Midlands, UK, showed no improvements in body mass index, energy expenditure, body fat measurements or activity levels. Read
Image Resource Your “grass-fed” milk may actually not be, but a new technology could change that A new technique has been devised to verify whether the cows producing ‘organic’ milk have actually spent the required 120 days a year grazing outdoors. Read
Image Resource In sweeping war on obesity, Chile slays Tony the Tiger The Chilean government is using marketing restrictions, packaging regulations and labelling rules to tackle obesity. Three-quarters of adults in the country, and over half of 6-year-old children, are overweight or obese. Read
Image Resource What can we expect for food, drink and agriculture policy in 2018? The European Public Health Alliance points to five areas where food, drink and agriculture policies in Europe are expected to develop in the coming year. Read
Image Resource British food system in a ‘vulnerable’ state, Lords committee hears Brexit could affect food security and food prices in the UK, according to industry and academic voices. Read
