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Unpacking power in food and health, new books, films, events...and the curse of Wordle

We’ll explore the questions raised by 'The Economics of Eating', what’s wrong with today’s food system — and the alternatives already taking root.

The considered word, anti-intelligence and a new commercial determinant of health

Dr Stuart Gillespie on ultra-processed food and corporate power

...and in the courthouse

On (not) saving the world, fighting back…and the joys of a bout of weekend genealogy…

Last week, I spent a couple of days as a Groundswell rookie.

It is with great pleasure that we bring you details of the winners of The Guild of Food Writers Awards 2026 presentation, which took place in London at the Royal Institution on 3 June 2026. You will f...

The great lifestyle deceit and why we need to re-politicise public health

How the food system designed to prevent famine became the thing making us sick, and what a transformed one might look like.

Five hundred top public health, food and nutrition scientists and activists, in just two weeks, have signed an open letter to the UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) calling fo...

More reflections on the dietary liberation struggle

Bit late with this…

A Conversation with Stuart Gillespie

Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

While GLP-1 drugs promise an easy fix, our bodies still need what they have always needed: healthy food and regular exercise, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, Prof De...

We enter 2026 with radical uncertainty about the fate of the US – but also with the clarity that people have the power to determine what it will be

Our global food system is feeding more people than ever, yet some argue it is also making more people sick, more unequal, and more vulnerable. How did we get here, and more importantly, how do we chan...

Leyla Kazim discusses some of the year's best food writing with Ruby Tandoh and guests.

The Global Health Advocacy Incubator changes policies to save lives.

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This 3-paper Series reviews the evidence about the increase in ultra-processed foods in diets globally and highlights the association with many non-communicable diseases. This rise in ultra-processed ...

NGO says Swiss food giant is 'putting the health of babies at risk for profit' by adding sugar to babyfood.

Today marks the official publication of my new book, What to Eat Now!  All 703 pages of it! Order it---ISBN 9780374608699---from Amazon   Barnes & Noble   Books-a-Million   Bookshop   Powells   Target It's a thoroughly revised version of What to Eat, published in 2006. A lot has changed, much more than I imagined when I set out to do this.  I thought it would be a six-month project, but it's now four years later.

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