Record food bank use highlights ‘burning inequality’ in UK, says Unite

The record number of people using food banks shows ‘the fierce, burning inequality’ blighting the UK, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Friday 15 April).

Thousands of UK birth defects ’caused by failure to fortify flour with folic acid’

Fortification of flour with folic acid is not mandatory in the UK, which has resulted in more than 2,000 avoidable cases of neural tube defects in the country since 1998.

What are the health benefits of turkey?

For Thanksgiving, 51 million turkeys will be consumed across the country with total spending for the holiday at around $2,375,000,000. So, what are the health benefits of turkey?

Leading Children’s Medic Backs National Vitamin D Drive

One of the country’s leading experts in the problems of vitamin D deficiency says more needs to be done to prevent the recent resurgence of childhood rickets, ahead of a major awareness campaign…

The School Food Revolution: The Healthy Changes In School Cafeterias You Haven’t Seen On TV

Despite limited resources and rising food costs, school nutrition programs across the country have made tremendous progress in offering healthier meals in school cafeterias. But don’t expect to see these successes on television – good news about school meals just doesn’t bring in the ratings…

Venezuelan Cholera Cases Trigger Control Measures In Neighboring Countries

Panama has upped sanitation and hygiene measures at all its ports and airports and Colombia has enhanced its border vigilance after 35 cholera cases were reported and confirmed in Venezuela. Franklin Vergara, Panama’s Health Minister added that since Haiti’s cholera outbreak in October 2010, the country has been “careful and vigilant”…