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Panic on a Plate
In the last eighty years the proportion of household income spent on food has dropped from a third to less than a tenth. Fruit and vegetables from around the world are on the shelves all year round.
Chris Snowdon,
Free Society, 3 October 2011
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What damage does alcohol do to our bodies?
We know that drinking too much alcohol is bad for us. It gives us hangovers, makes us feel tired and does little for our appearance - and that is just the morning afterwards.
Philippa Roxby, BBC News, 2 October 2011
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Panic on a Plate: how society developed an eating disorder
The availability, range, cost and quality of food in Western societies have never been more favourable, yet food is also the focus of a great deal of anxiety. There are concerns that our current diets will mean we will get steadily fatter and more unhealthy while consuming junk food', with consequences for our quality of life, our children's behaviour and even the environment.
Rob Lyons, Imprint Academic,
1 October 2011
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Under the Influence
Under the Influence investigates how far parenting style affects those children’s drinking behaviour in later life. It analyses data of several thousand children from two separate data sets and compares how their parents raised them against the child’s drinking habits in adolescence and adulthood.
Jamie Bartlett and Matt Grist, Demos, 16 September 2011
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Child anorexia: is 'size-zero culture' really to blame?
Articles about "size zero" illustrated with pictures of glamorous, rail-thin celebrities and models whose ribs are countable through their couture dresses may have the shock factor, but they do nothing to help anorexics and their families.
Laurie Penny,
Guardian, 2 August 2011
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Height and cancer risk – the long and short of it
Today, Cancer Research UK scientists have published research showing that taller people seem to be have a higher risk of cancer. This may seem alarming, but tall people needn’t be too worried about these results.
Jess Harris, Cancer Research UK, 21 July 2011
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