Suppose we all ate a healthy diet...could our food supplies cope? This paper, by Tim Lobstein, is a presentation given at the Agri-Food Network, organised by Sustain on June 16 2004.

A very detailed presentation on food and health policy is found in Food, the new ecological public health and governance (attached below). This paper looks at food policy and the choices that face us. In so doing it gives a wealth of statistics on nutrition related ill-health in the UK and internationally, it shows how farming would need to change to meet our nutritional needs, analyses the theory and practice of policy making and its relationship with the evidence base, and argues that we are at a policy making crossroads.

A meeting of experts convened by the World Health Organization in Madrid have agreed to a research agenda to develop an evidence-based framework for action on the human health implications of climate change. The plan builds on a comprehensive review of what is already known about health risks from climate change. It was developed by WHO with more than 80 researchers on climate change and health along with representatives of donor and other UN agencies. The research plan identifies five priority research areas; including:

This guide, published in May 2009, describes why the sustainability of food is important, provides guidance on what hospitals can do to improve the sustainability of the food they provide to patients, staff and visitors, and advises on how hospitals can assure the sustainability of their food service provision. The guide provides practical guidance, signposting and uses case study examples to illustrate some of the initiatives currently being taken by the health sector.