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Why there’s a growing backlash against plant-based diets

People in the UK are eating too much meat – especially processed meat – according to a recent report from the Food Foundation, a UK charity.

The Conversation

Scrap guidance for meat three times a week in English schools, says charity

Report finds children eat proportionally more processed meat than adults and calls for more pulses, grains and vegetables

The Guardian - UK

Healthier food grows more expensive at twice the rate of unhealthy options

Healthier options now cost more than double per calorie compared to less healthy alternatives

The Independent UK

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Healthier food grows more expensive at twice rate of unhealthy options – report

Food that is lower in fat, salt and sugar is now more than twice as expensive per calorie than less healthy products, the Food Foundation study found.

Evening Standard

UK food system ‘relentlessly’ pushing consumers to unhealthy choices – report

The food environment is shaping diets and ‘setting us up to fail’, the Food Foundation charity said.

The Independent UK

UK supermarkets using multibuy deals to encourage sales of meat, study finds

Exclusive: about one in five offers involve meat and dairy and one in ten processed meat despite known health risks

The Guardian - UK

Plant-based meat alternatives are eco-friendlier and mostly healthier, study finds

Food Foundation’s study notes that some processed ‘alternative protein’ products have high levels of salt

The Guardian - UK

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Two-child benefit cap impact revealed as large families more likely to go hungry, data shows

Survey shows extent of food insecurity as Keir Starmer suspends seven MPs for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Independent UK

Families affected by two-child benefit limit ‘more likely to skip meals’

Food Foundation survey finds 14% of households experienced food insecurity in June, with hunger more prevalent in larger families

The Guardian - UK

UK children are shorter and fatter due to poor diet and poverty, report finds

Food Foundation says children face lifetime of ‘diet-related illnesses’ without action

Evening Standard

Children in UK getting shorter due to malnutrition in ‘national embarrassment’

The height of children aged 5 has been declining since 2013 while Jamie Oliver, Gordon Brown and Leon co-founder Henry Dimbleby all call for next prime minister to ‘turn the tide on obesity’

The Independent UK

UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds

Food Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth

The Guardian - UK

‘Health emergency’: 15% of UK households went hungry last month, data shows

As millions skip meals and are unable to regularly afford groceries, the Food Foundation warns of widening health inequalities

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis and energy costs fuel £600 rise in UK household food bill, analysis finds

Extreme weather contributing one-third of all food price inflation with worse to come in 2024, warn climate researchers

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Food insecurity and eating disorders are linked and rising. Where’s the plan to tackle them?

New NHS research reveals the direct effect of the cost of living crisis on people’s mental health. The most vulnerable must be protected, says journalist Dorothy Dunn

The Independent UK

Food prices double in the UK as inflation at ‘shockingly high levels’, data shows

Which? urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to intervene on behalf of struggling consumers as its latest data showed ‘shockingly high’ inflation.

Daily Mirror

Mum 'skips meals' and might have to feed her baby cow's milk as food prices skyrocket

The mum even fears she may have to start feeding her daughter cow's milk after seeing baby milk prices rise, despite risks that children under 12 months can become seriously ill from drinking it

Wales Online

Mum on breadline says she can't afford healthy food for her kids and fears having to feed cow's milk to baby

Melissa has spoken out as part of a film for The Food Foundation

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The Guardian - UK

Supermarket sweep: how TikTok can help you save money on your food shopping

The video-sharing app has become the best place to see the unfolding effect of the cost of living crisis, with weekly shops and ‘receipt reveals’ watched by millions

The Guardian - UK

Healthy Start NHS food voucher scheme has ‘pitifully’ low take-up

Figures show usage has barely shifted in a year, despite rising food poverty in UK

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