Ali Morpeth

BBC Panorama reveals the shocking truth about baby pouches | Sustain BBC Panorama has exposed serious concerns about the growing market in commercial baby food pouches and their nutritional impact for babies and toddlers. Children's Food Campaign responds.

Shocking truth about high sugars & low vitamins & iron levels in baby food pouches revealed by BBC Panorama TODAY

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Commercial Baby Foods In Crisis: Addressing Health, Marketing and Inequalities in the UK

Our work assessing 630 products for nutrition and marketing is live here #panorama

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Baby food pouches low in key nutrients, lab testing finds - BBC News Parents are being "misled" by marketing from leading baby food companies, experts tell BBC.

👶Babyfoods full of sugar but lacking critical Nutrition

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PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online

Unbelievable attempts to derail climate scientists

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Very good 🙌

WANT 💚

And he said "are you 🐸 serious"??

Commercial Baby Foods in Crisis: Addressing Health, Marketing and Inequalities | Sustain A webinar to launch the groundbreaking findings from the University of Leeds' research into commercial foods for infants and toddlers, and implications for public health policy.

Join us 8 May ⤵️

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Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day? When Bernadette Russell decided to perform one good deed every day for a year, it made a difference to the world around her but also had a big impact on her own life

This ⤵️

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🐸 sake. Is nothing safe? Even Big Bird is under threat...

Harpenden firm trials sustainable algae fertiliser - BBC News Field trials of a firm's algae fertiliser have shown it has led to a 21% increase in yield.

👀Increased yield + more sustainable

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Whatever storm comes at you, you're still standing here 🌳

My view on the reasons the food industry can't stay the same ⤵️

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🍅Fresh produce🍅

Andrew Gwynne: Labour health minister sacked over WhatsApp messages Gwynne apologises for the

Massively disappointing to hear of this today

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‘Insanely tasty green food’: how the meaty Danes embraced a world-first plant-based plan Agreement between farmers, politicians and environmental groups led to a €170m action fund for plant based food

🇩🇰Way to go Denmark, bringing everyone on a journey with a vision of a better future for all

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💥NEW💥 this is us ⤵️

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Building a better food system for people + planet

SunYAYs in the Yorkshire Dales 🐎💚

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg To Fund UN Climate Change Body After US Withdrawal Bloomberg's intervention aims to ensure the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) remains fully funded despite the United States halting its contributions.

Well, that's a relief

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World’s addiction to fossil fuels is ‘Frankenstein’s monster’, says UN chief António Guterres issues warning at Davos, days after Donald Trump pulled US out of Paris climate agreement

The rollbacks to net zero commitments are already happening as a consequence of Trump's election, despite the fact we know business as usual is not compatible with a livable planet

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Obesity: Food and Diet – in the House of Commons at 6:46 pm 20 January 2025

Good to see politicians debating the impact of food and diet on obesity, including the @houseoflords.parliament.uk's Food, Diet & Obesity Committee’s latest report, in a Backbench Business Debate in the House of Commons yesterday 👉 www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=...

Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization - BBC News Trump has long been critical of how the Geneva-based institution handled the Covid-19 pandemic.

Risk to global health if USA leaves WHO

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I've been wondering about exactly this

Reminder. Setting net zero targets for your business is not a PR exercise, it's a business imperative for rescuing our planet that is on fire

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UK faces broccoli and cauliflower shortage this spring Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with climate breakdown

Dietary consumption of fruit + veg in UK already too low , with increasing cost driving lower consumption

Price set to get higher

Veg led diets are a lever for climate smart eating but fresh produce increasingly out of reach for many

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So little effort goes into making fresh produce visually appealing in UK food retailers so was v happy to see this

Retailers can learn lots from food markets like Ridley Road (London) and Leeds City Markets

Same here. Most veggie and vegan dishes are pasta or rice with minimal or no protein. Never a legume on the loose. A cool initiate beansonthemenu by beans is how is looking to challenge this

Love this! My Shetland always loved snow. She had a stable to use if she wanted it but would always choose to stay out!

World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create

Lets not forget climate change is also an issue of power and inequality

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Food for public sector to be monitored to see how much is grown in UK Environment secretary says Labour is aiming for half of food procured for the public sector to come from British farms

Market power is imbalanced and doesn't protect farmers and growers who often receive less than the cost of production

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