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Medicine and Science from The BMJ

Nutrition for health and conflicts of interests

Sep 27, 2024
21:49

Under-nutrition harms health, but so does over-nutrition.

The Bill and Melinda Gate’s foundation has just released their Goalkeepers' report - highlighting the detrimental impact that poor nutrition is having on children’s health.  Rasa Izadnegahdar, director of Maternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition & Health at the foundation joins us to explain how they are targeting nutritional interventions.

Also this week, a new investigation in The BMJ has found that the UK government’s  Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition - the people who help guide the UK’s nutrition policy - have competing interests with the food industry. We hear from Chris van Tulleken, University College London; Rob Percival, the Soil Association; and Alison Tedstone, chair of the Association for Nutrition.

 

Reading list:

Goalkeepers Report 2024

UK government’s nutrition advisers are paid by world’s largest food companies, BMJ analysis reveals

 

 

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