Every day we are bombarded with nutrition and health messages and a seemingly endless array of concerns about lifestyle and diet. This book aims to separate fact from fiction in the ongoing debate about the food we eat. Chapter one provides a useful overview on healthy eating. Chapter two looks at food safety with particular reference to food labeling. Just how safe is the food we eat?
The information comes from a wide variety of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Healthy Eating
Adult nutrition, UK child obesity crisis, Overweight children, Teenagers ‘too idle’ to bother with good food, Consumption of fruit and vegetables, Healthy eating, A balanced diet, Junk food timebomb, Food and drinks consumed, New food bill to combat child obesity, How to be a healthy weight, Food quality and your health, Organic crops, Is breakfast important?, Salt and health, Salt use, What is so good about fruit and vegetables?, Four nutrition myths, Food promotion to children, Parent power works!.
Chapter Two: Food Safety
Understanding the food label, What do labels tell me?, Reading between the lines, Consumer attitudes towards food, Food poisoning, Food poisoning statistics, Healthy eating branded ‘illegal’, Food and farming, The hidden dangers in our food, Food crimes, Food crimes statistics, Remote control, On-the-spot inspections.
Key Facts
Additional Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
• Healthy eating and a healthful way of life are important to how we look, feel and how much we enjoy life. (p. 1)
• The latest figures, based on official data from the Health Survey for England for 2001/2, show that more than one in four children are overweight and 6-7% are classified as obese. (p. 3)
• Obesity now affects 21 per cent of men and 23 per cent of women in the UK. A further 46 per cent of men and 33 per cent of women are overweight. (p. 9)
• The average salt intake is currently 9.5g a day (about 2 teaspoons), we should be having much less than this – the recommended intake is just 6g a day. (p. 16)
• There is overwhelming evidence of the health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables, particularly in reducing the risks of heart disease, and some cancers. (p. 17)
Food and Nutrition Study Guide
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.50
ISBN: 978 1 86168 308 3
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