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Image Journal articles Understanding the association between household food insecurity and diet quality: The role of psychological distress, food choice motives and meal patterning This study examined the associations between household food insecurity (HHFI), psychological distress, motives underlying food choices and meal patterning behaviours in a sample of UK adults. They found HHFI was associated with greater distress, which in turn was associated with higher convenience motives and lower health motives. Read
Image Journal articles Perceived justice of the Dutch food system transition This study investigates how food system stakeholders perceive justice in an ongoing transition in the Netherlands. It identified five overarching themes of injustice; changes in farming practice, food prices, capacity to participate, societal appreciation and critique, and unequal power. Read
Image Journal articles Integrating nutrition into environmental impact assessments reveals limited sustainable food options within planetary boundaries This study integrated nutrition in the assessment of environmental sustainability in 559 food products across various categories. The researchers argue that the results demonstrate the model’s effectiveness in appraising food products based on environmental performance and nutrient composition. Read
Image News and resources How "national champion" firms are reshaping the global meat industry This article argues that Brazil’s JBS and China’s WH Group grew into global meat giants through state support, accelerating consolidation and environmental harm. Despite national backing, they now primarily serve transnational capital. Scholars argue for a global competition treaty to curb unchecked corporate power. Read
Image News and resources Bombs, mines and chemicals: how agricultural soils in Ukraine have been ravaged by war Researchers estimated the cost of restoring Ukraine's agricultural soil after the war to be 20 billion dollars. The researchers first analysed the damage to the landscape using high-resolution satellite imagery. Read
Image News and resources Food industry insiders warn food crisis is looming A group of senior professionals working within the biggest food retailers warn that an interconnected set of crises – degrading soil health, water scarcity, climate change – will have a significant impact on food businesses unless there is deep structural and cultural change within the industry. Read
Image News and resources At 88, A nutritionist meets her moment After five decades in the field of nutrition, Dr. Marion Nestle thought she had seen it all. Then came “Make America Healthy Again.” Read
Image News and resources PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, the Eat Lancet study in 2019, according to an investigation in the Guardian and DeSmog. Read
Image Books Food fight: from plunder and profit to people and planet Author Stuart Gillespie argues that the food system we once relied upon for global nutrition has now become the very thing making us sick. From its origins in colonial times, through the last few decades of neoliberalism, he claims the system now lies in the tight grip of a handful of powerful transnationals. Read