New analysis reveals the shortcomings of the British diet, as reported in a blog by Sustain member Eating Better.
Eating Better is a campaign group that makes the case for eating less but better (i.e., higher welfare) meat and more vegetables and pulses. It has published a useful blog on the current composition of Britons' diet, and how far this deviates from the recommendation published in last year's updated Eatwell Guide, the government's official healthy eating advice.
The blog discusses a newly published analysis from Oxford University and Public Health England which confirms just how little red & processed meat (-75%) and cheese (-85%) and foods high in fat & sugar (-53%) we should be eating compared to average British diets; and how much more fruit & vegetables (+54%) and beans & pulses (+85%). For fruit and vegetables that means the ‘at least five a day’ message should be ‘at least seven a day’.
Read the blog here, and find out more about Sustain's campaigning work for a healthier and fairer food system here.
Published Friday 20 January 2017
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