Who’s teaching our children about ‘nutrition’?

Written by Zoë on June 17, 2011 - 8 Comments
Categories: Conflict, Gov. Policy

I came across a school book for GCSE in Home Economics: Food & Nutrition recently. As someone who has studied nutrition extensively – and found virtually everything being taught to be wrong – I was naturally curious. Kellogg’s & Coco-pops I picked up the main textbook “Examining Food & Nutrition” by Jenny Ridgwell (1996). The [...]

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Fad diets accused of making the obesity epidemic worse

Written by Zoë on December 3, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Media comments, Other Diets

I caught this on radio media and in the national press on Monday 23/11/09. Professor Chris Hawkey, of the British Society of Gastroenterology was speaking at the “Gastro 2009″ conference in London. He claimed that promotion of unhealthy foods and diets has fostered over-eating and an obsession with eating only ‘good’ foods. He was set [...]

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NOTW Problem page: How to put on weight

Written by Zoë on July 19, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Dieting, Media comments

I noticed this little gem, flicking through the News of the World last weekend. On the problem page, a guy had written in to say “I’m sick of obese people getting all the sympathy – what about the underweight”. He explained “I’m a 19 year old man and although I’m nearly 6ft tall, I weigh [...]

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