25 March 2009

DIET AND NUTRITION

Cooking up health (18th March 2009)
In the age of the ready meal, many people have forgotten how to cook. But Coventry City Council is helping people rediscover the joys of cookery. The council’s Food and Nutrition service is providing one-to-one home help on cooking and healthy eating.
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Community food initiatives (11th March 2009)
Differences in income and wealth create inequalities in terms of opportunities to make healthy choices about where and how we live.

In particular, higher prices for healthy food have the greatest impact on those least able to bear them. Worse still, the gap, particularly in fruit consumption and in overall nutrient intake, has widened over the past two decades.

Following a member-led Best Value Review of its role in Public Health, Greenwich Council has developed an ambitious Healthier Communities Strategy. It is based on a thorough understanding of local people’s health needs and the drivers of poor health and health inequalities.
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