Food poverty now bigger public health concern than diet – expert claims
The prevalence of poverty–stricken families who cannot afford to buy sufficient food is overtaking unhealthy eating as the most pressing public health concern, a public health specialist has claimed.
The claim is made in a BBC Panorama documentary to be broadcast on Monday evening which found that over a third of local authorities in England and Wales were now providing funding for food banks, despite government claims that charity food is not a part of the social security system.
read more http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/03/food-banks-public-health-benefits-panorama
and watch the programme
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