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Plant-based diets: eating for our health and the planet

The term plant-based has increased in popularity recently, and for good reason! But what are plant-based diets? Can they promote health for us and the planet?

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Are your food portions in proportion?

Portion sizes of foods in the UK have spiralled “out of control” according to a new report. The Portion Distortion report compared the portion sizes of 245 shop-bought foods with portion sizes of the same foods 20 years ago, and found that many had increased significantly.

The Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity & Health: 10 Years On

Tackling cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and diabetes needs an integrated approach

Bowel cancer: one of the most preventable common cancers

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Bowel cancer: one of the most preventable common cancers

Did you know that each year more than half of bowel cancer diagnoses could have been prevented in the UK?

Reflections on progress to reduce non-communicable diseases

NCDs are well and truly established on the health policy map

The sugar debate

The sugar debate

With recent headlines such as “Sweet poison: why sugar is ruining our health” and “Sugar – as dangerous as alcohol and tobacco” it seems that sugar is this year’s hot topic.

Nutrition and chronic diseases

What is it about nutrition that makes it important for the prevention of so many chronic diseases?

Obesity: a threat to global health

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Obesity: a threat to global health

Health experts have been warning us for years of the health problems related to our ever-expanding waistlines

Excess body weight tips the scale on pancreatic cancer risk

Excess body weight tips the scale on pancreatic cancer risk

Pancreatic cancer is often advanced by the time someone experiences symptoms, which means people often don’t consult a doctor until it’s too late

Do eggs increase risk of prostate cancer?

Do eggs increase risk of prostate cancer?

A new study is being reported in the media suggesting a link between eggs and prostate cancer. But how confident should we be about the findings?

Fruits and vegetables and cancer prevention

I can imagine people who have read today’s media coverage about fruits and vegetables and cancer risk might be feeling confused. It is all too easy when organisations like World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) say it is important to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables for cancer prevention and then newspapers like the Guardian report that “Fruit and vegetables do not reduce overall cancer risk”.

Is Zoe Harcombe’s advice based on solid scientific evidence?

Is Zoe Harcombe’s advice based on solid scientific evidence?

You may have seen an article in the Daily Mail about a new book by Zoe Harcombe on the obesity epidemic. The article runs through Zoe’s ‘myth-busting’ conclusions. Looking at her overall message, Zoe basically disagrees with the advice you would get from mainstream health organisations. The result of this is that people are likely to become confused.

Some fruits and vegetables better than others?

Some fruits and vegetables better than others?

There is a story in the news today about how some fruits and vegetables may be better for us than others.

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