Tim Lang,
Professor of Food Policy at City University, former Director of the Centre for Food Policy at Thames Valley University
Tim Lang,
Professor of Food Policy at City, University of London, discusses the lack of consumer knowledge about the food system and its impacts on our world.
«At last here are organisations prepared to engage with this this vital issue,» said Tim Lang,
Professor of Food Policy at City University, London.
Not exact matches
Arguing against the motion is Charles Benbrook, a research
professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader
of Measure to Manage: Farm and
Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science
policy consultant in the areas
of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.
Arguing against the motion was Charles Benbrook, a research
professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader
of Measure to Manage: Farm and
Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science
policy consultant in the areas
of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.
Distinguished
Professor and Director
of the
Food Science
Policy Alliance, University
of Massachusetts
It featured speakers representing different stakeholder groups, including Registered Dietician Dr Clare Pettinger, Melanie Leach, the Director General
of the
Food and Drink Federation,
Professor Jack Winkler who is visiting lecturer at UCL and Lee Sheppard the Director
of Policy at apetito UK.
On Thursday 24 November,
Professor Corinna Hawkes, Co-Chair
of the Global Nutrition Report's Independent Expert Group and Director
of the Centre for
Food Policy, City University London, will join Jonathan Dimbleby and other panellists to discuss the economics
of nutrition.
Food policy expert,
Professor Corinna Hawkes, co - chair
of the Global Nutrition Report explains the scale
of global malnutrition and why countries, business and NGOs must act urgently to implement smart
policies, objectives and targets to end malnutrition in all forms.
Professor Bruce Neal is Senior Director
of the
Food Policy Division at the George Institute for Global Health, Chair
of the Australian Division
of World Action on Salt and Health, and
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Imperial College London.
The report, by leading
food policy specialists
Professor Erik Millstone (University
of Sussex),
Professor Tim Lang -LSB-...]
I addressed the issue
of school
food waste, and I was joined by Partha Krishnamurthy, Professor of Marketing at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, and Jay Crossley, a policy analyst with Houston Tomorrow, which hosts the Houston Food Policy Workgr
food waste, and I was joined by Partha Krishnamurthy,
Professor of Marketing at the Bauer College
of Business at the University
of Houston, and Jay Crossley, a
policy analyst with Houston Tomorrow, which hosts the Houston Food Policy Work
policy analyst with Houston Tomorrow, which hosts the Houston
Food Policy Workgr
Food Policy Work
Policy Workgroup.
According to Series lead
Professor Boyd Swinburn from the University
of Auckland, New Zealand, «The key to meeting WHO's target to achieve no further increase in obesity rates by 2025 will be strengthening accountability systems to support government leadership, constraining the role
of the
food industry in the formation
of public
policy, and encouraging civil society to create a demand for healthy
food environments.»
«We need to know where there are inadequacies in these surveys to identify nutrition and
food policy and research needs,» said the study's corresponding author, Mary Cluskey, an associate
professor in OSU's College
of Public Health and Human Sciences and a registered dietitian.
«We found that less than half
of children's exposure to ads for
food and beverage products comes from children's programming, meaning that a significant portion
of exposure is not subject to self - regulation,» said Lisa Powell,
professor of health
policy and administration in the UIC School
of Public Health and lead author
of the study.
«People generally underestimate the number
of calories in the
foods and beverages they consume,» said Sara Bleich, PhD, assistant
professor with the Bloomberg School's Department
of Health
Policy and Management.
We asked expert Diane McKay, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Friedman School
of Nutrition Science and
Policy at Tufts University, for some thoughts on what fuels these
foods.
- Per Pinstrup - Andersen, former director general
of IFPRI (International
Food Policy Research Institute) and currently H.E. Babcock
Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public
Policy and J. Thomas Clark
Professor of Entrepreneurship at Cornell University
Bill McKibben, 350.org founder Naomi Klein, activist and author
of the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 99 posse, Italian hip hop / reggae band Caparezza Florent Compain, President
of Les Amis de la Terre France Mark Fodor, Director, CEE Bankwatch Network Johan Frijns, Director, BankTrack Elena Gerebizza, Re: Common Sebastien Godinot, Economist, WWF European
Policy Office Rafael Gonzalez, Dakota / Puerto Rican Water Protector James Hansen,
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director,
Food & Water Watch Rachel Heaton, Mazaska Talks co-founder and Muckleshoot Tribal member / Duwamish descendant Danielle Hirsch, Director, Both ENDS Ziva Kavka Gobbo, Chairperson, Focus Association for Sustainable Development Jeremy Leggett, Founder and Chair, SolarAid; Founder and Director, Solarcentury Simon Lewis,
Professor of Global Change Science, UCL Lo Stato Sociale Erri De Luca, Italian novelist, translator and poet Olivier de Marcellus, Coordinator, Climat Justice Sociale
Brian Wansink, a
professor of nutritional science and consumer behavior at Cornell and the former executive director
of the USDA's Center for Nutrition
Policy and Promotion, did a study
of warehouse club shoppers that showed that families that have more
food in the house eat more
food.
The Netherlands About Blog Jessica Duncan is Assistant
Professor in Rural Sociology at Wageningen University.Her research areas include:
food policy;
food security; global governance; environmental
policy; and participation.Her main research focus concerns the practices and politics
of participation in
food policy processes.
The Netherlands About Blog Jessica Duncan is Assistant
Professor in Rural Sociology at Wageningen University.Her research areas include:
food policy;
food security; global governance; environmental
policy; and participation.Her main research focus concerns the practices and politics
of participation in
food policy processes.