🗣️ The link between poor diets, ill health, disability and even death is shockingly clear' - Henry Dimbleby speaking about the findings of the Darzi Review. Any failure to act in a decisive way on food and health in this parliamentary term risks worsening outcomes, a stagnated economy, and further pressure on the NHS. Read why in our latest briefing: https://lnkd.in/geXtkp4v #Darzi #obesity #healthcrisis #junkfood #SDIL
The Food Foundation
Think Tanks
We're a charity presenting solutions to achieve a sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all.
About us
We are a registered charity working in partnership with researchers, campaigners, community bodies, industry, government and citizens to galvanise the UK’s diverse agents of change. Our vision is sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all.
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www.foodfoundation.org.uk/work-with-us
External link for The Food Foundation
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- 11-50 employees
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- London
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International House, 6 Canterbury Crescent
London, SW9 7QE, GB
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Updates
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📻 Dame Sally Davies - co-chair of IPPR's Commission on Health & Prosperity - calling for the two-child benefit cap to be removed and for #FreeSchoolMeals to be extended to help reduce #poverty on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme. Listen in full: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eNxveDbK #foodpoverty #CostofLivingCrisis
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🔎 New research from IPPR highlights exactly why food needs to be top of the list of The Labour Party government's priorities. Ensuring healthy and sustainable diets are affordable and accessible for everyone reduces the risk of preventable disease and disability - as reported in The Guardian 👇 The report also mirrors the findings of our latest #NourishingtheNation briefing: https://lnkd.in/geXtkp4v https://lnkd.in/ewgb-5u3
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🙏 Thanks to everyone who attended our event on the sidelines of the Liberal Democrats party conference yesterday! It was great to see the party calling for all children living in #poverty to have access to #FreeSchoolMeals - as reported by The Independent ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eehjJFe9 Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Gideon Amos OBE Max Wilkinson Al Pinkerton School Food Matters Chefs in Schools Bite Back
Lib Dems to call for free school meals for all children in poverty
independent.co.uk
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📰 Our latest #NourishingtheNation data quoted by Kevin Maguire in Daily Mirror 👇 Policy changes could save around 6,000 lives a year and reduce the total years living with disability by 28,857 - read more here: https://lnkd.in/geXtkp4v https://lnkd.in/efr6St7M #DarziReview #NationalFoodStrategy
'Starmer’s boldest public health drive would be facing harmful nanny state digs'
mirror.co.uk
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📢 Want to hear the inside story about Britain's youngest protest? Grab a coffee and let Paul McDonald of Health Equals explain all in our latest podcast! 🎧 Listen in full: https://lnkd.in/eXX8rJDs
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🙏 Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall reacts to government plans to restrict #junkfood advertising on BBC Breakfast. It was also great to hear him championing the benefits of #FreeSchoolMeals in reducing childhood #obesity Watch in full: https://lnkd.in/ebCwvBjC Bite Back Obesity Health Alliance School Food Matters
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📢 Our latest report finds implementing just four recommendations in the National Food Strategy could: 🚑 Save around 6,000 lives every year. ♿ Reduce the total years living with disability by 28,857. Read more: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eTHy2yG8 #DarziReview #NHS #NourishingtheNation
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'Expanding Free School Meals is right for children's health and right for the economy' - Liberal Democrats MP Munira Wilson She made the comments during our event in UK Parliament to introduce new MPs to our #NourishingTheNation manifesto. Children are the future, but their diets are not setting them up well for a productive, healthy life. Many are experiencing food insecurity and the most deprived children in society have higher risks of obesity and dental decay, and are on average shorter than the least deprived children. Improving access to nutritious food for all children is essential if they are to achieve their full potential. Read more: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eja9YWvw
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'Addressing food insecurity must be a central part of how we tackle both poverty and inequality' - Baroness Sue Hayman. It was encouraging to hear the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister say this at our event in UK Parliament this week. We hope The Labour Party government will put improving the food system at the heart of its policy agenda given the implications food and diet can have on public health, productivity levels and the climate crisis. Learn more: ➡ https://lnkd.in/eja9YWvw