Lindsay M Jaacks

Nov 5, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Lindsay M Jaacks

By Lindsay Jaacks, Personal Chair of Global Health and Nutrition, University of Edinburgh A healthy NHS and strong economy depend on healthy people, not just strong public finances. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget was a missed opportunity for the government to get serious about public health by protecting citizens from the leading risk factor for death in the UK: unhealthy food.

Nov 5, 2024 | theconversation.com | Lindsay M Jaacks

A healthy NHS and strong economy depend on healthy people, not just strong public finances. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget was a missed opportunity for the government to get serious about public health by protecting citizens from the leading risk factor for death in the UK: unhealthy food. If a multinational corporation was dumping a chemical into our water that was costing the NHS £19 billion a year (the cost of obesity), that company would be asked to pay the bills.

Nov 1, 2024 | nature.com | Alexander Vonderschmidt |Lindsay M Jaacks |Peter Alexander |Alexandra L. Bellows

AbstractReducing meat consumption can help improve environmental and health outcomes, yet the effect of specific meat-reducing strategies is context dependent. Here, using decomposition analysis of National Diet and Nutrition Survey data (2008–2009 to 2018–2019), we found that in the United Kingdom, reduced meat portions had the largest impact on total meat consumption decline (52%), followed by fewer meat-eating days (24%), fewer meat consumers (17%) and fewer meat-eating meal occasions (7%).

Jul 4, 2024 | studyfinds.org | Lindsay M Jaacks |Chris Melore

Cooking bacon in a skillet is perhaps the most traditional and most delicious way to prepare your breakfast side dish. (Photo by Michelle @Shelly Captures It on Unsplash)EDINBURGH, Scotland — Processed meats like bacon and sausage are delicious staples of many American breakfasts nationwide, but they have also been connected to severe disease.