Public Statements

BANT Election Manifesto: a call for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health!

2024, BANT in Action, Public Statements

Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health BANT 2024 Election Manifesto – A call for change! As UK voters prepare to go to the polls, BANT (British Association for Nutrition...

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BANT Election Manifesto Document: Downloadable PDF

2024, BANT in Action, Public Statements

Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health BANT 2024 Election Manifesto – A call for change! As UK voters prepare to go to the polls, BANT (British Association for Nutrition...

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BANT POSITION STATEMENT: ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD & DRINKS

2023, BANT in Action, Public Statements

BANT Position Statement, last updated 20 November 2023 Context: There is increasing evidence that Ultra Processed Foods & Drinks (UPFDs) are harmful to health yet there is still no meaningful...

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BANT calls for Government to improve, not remove ‘Obesity Strategy’

2022, BANT in Action, Politics Home, Public Statements

BANT calls for action to reduce the consumption of ultra-processed junk foods, which underpin the worsening obesity epidemic in the UK, and renews calls for meaningful policy, not procrastination in...

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The National Food Strategy White paper is more of a whitewash!

2022, BANT in Action, Politics Home, Public Statements

This non-strategy falls way short of delivering against health targets BANT is dismayed to see the dilution of the National Food Strategy (NFS) recommendations to such an extent that ‘health’ is...

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