News of the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles Group
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Little healthy and vegetarian food at Wageningen Liberation festival
- As much as 92% of the food and drinks offered at the Liberation Festival (May 5th 2022) in Wageningen does not contribute to a healthy diet. Almost... -
Project 'Healthy on-the-go' sets course for healthier food environment along motorways
- For those who want something to eat or drink on-the-go, along the motorway, the healthy choice is usually not the easiest one. To encourage change,... -
Nomination SWITCH Project
- The project SWITCH (Stimulating the Way in which Teenagers Consider Healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour) has been nominated for the WUR... -
Chefs struggle to break with meat dishes
- Chefs have a centuries-old tradition of using meat and other animal products that today forms an obstacle to plant-based diets. They say it is harder... -
How do we get bean burgers on the menu?
- There are opportunities to accelerate the shift from animal protein consumption to plant-based proteins in the procurement policies of public... -
Seminar Series: Local policies & regulations for healthy and sustainable food environments
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Emely de Vet about the rise and sustainability of the plant-based burger
- In the first two episodes of the Podcast Plant Based Promises with Giles Yeo, Emely de Vet was a guest speaker. She speaks about the rise and... -
Emely de Vet about Burger King's decision to make plant-based burgers the normal choice (Dutch only)
- Emely de Vet shares view about the campaign of Burger King: "its a bold move, which will affect the food choice of the consumer. People have the... -
Thirza Andriessen about shifting from foodbanks to receiving money for groceries (Dutch Only)
- The municipality of Rotterdam is experimenting with a debit card as an alternative for people that make use of foodbanks to do their own... -
Rachelle de Vries discovers that remembering the way to ultra processed food is easier than the way to fruit (Dutch only)
- Rachelle de Vries discovers that the human brain find its way back faster to high-calorie-density foods than to Low-calorie-density foods like fruit...