Guest Article by EU Food Policy Coalition The EU Food Policy Coalition (EU FPC) brings together NGOs from a broad spectrum working on food systems, including grassroots social movements, farmers organisations, organisations of fishers, trade unions, think tanks,...
In the ongoing battle against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), confronting the commercial determinants that adversely affect public health remains a significant challenge. These determinants are largely fuelled by industries that profit from products linked to NCDs...
Guest Article by Stefanie Vandevijvere, Senior Scientists Nutrition and Health, Sciensano, Belgium Flanders has more and more neighbourhoods with an abundance of unhealthy food (food swamps). Elsewhere, adequate access to healthy food is the problem (food deserts)....
Guest Article by Dr Katerina Palascha, Senior Research Manager, European Food Information Council (EUFIC) A significant proportion of the global chronic disease burden is caused by dietary patterns that are low in plant-based foods and high in red/processed meat, and...
Guest Article by Irina Popescu, Food Policy Officer at the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Almost every day, dire headlines govern the news: record temperatures, droughts, biodiversity loss, food inflation, record numbers of diet-related diseases, animal welfare...
