Survey to tackle UK malnutrition
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A major survey is to try to establish how many people are malnourished when they are admitted to hospitals and care homes.
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Over 80% of people want subsidised fruit and vegetables to encourage healthy eating, a BBC survey has shown.
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Children's tendency to become  overweight might have something to do with how their mothers  urge them to eat, a new study hints.
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14/09/2004 The Food Standards Agency (UK) has launched a major public health campaign to reduce high salt consumption in the UK. Eating too much salt is a significant risk factor in developing high blood pressure.
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The UK's biggest public exercise on encouraging healthy eating is to be launched across Wales.
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A group of doctors urges the UK government to proceed with the folic-acid fortification of flour.
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Most British citizens could be obese by 2050, a new government report warns, and the nation's health secretary called Wednesday for a fundamental shift in the way the nation tackles obesity.
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Many parents struggle to know which foods are healthy for their children, a survey shows.
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A major government food campaign is aiming to persuade Britons to limit their sugar intake.
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The Food Standards Agency has launched a campaign to encourage Britons to eat less salt and raise awareness of the link between too much salt and serious illness.
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About 50 percent of the children in Bangladesh are malnourished while 36 percent of the babies are born underweight. The country has around six million working children and about 2.5 lakh children die every
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A Nottingham GP is hoping a new taskforce will stop obesity in the UK from spiralling out of control. National Obesity Forum president Dr Ian Campbell says the new group will harness a wide range of expertise.
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A Conservative Party review targets public health issues like obesity as a top priority for the NHS in England.
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Imposing a tax on unhealthy foods could prevent more than 3,000 deaths a year in the UK, researchers said today.
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Families with people who have learning disabilities are urged to report experiences of the NHS.
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The health of 500,000 older people in the UK is under threat because they are under-nourished, a charity has warned.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A international epidemic of maternal and childhood malnutrition accounts for more than one-third of childhood deaths and 11 percent of the world's disease burden, researchers report.