In the Media

Chronological listing of past contributions from the Unit to the
Nutrition Policy Debate in the Media 2009

"What's in Your Breakfast" The issues surrounding omega-3s featured in the Dispatches programme on Channel 4, broadcast on Monday, 26 October, repeated Wednesday, 28th October 11.20pm

The Food Programme, BBC Radio 4, devoted its whole programme to omega-3s and the effect on our health on Sunday, 25 October, repeated on Monday, 26 October .

"Who Made me Fat" BBC3 21st October 2009 included an interview with Jack Winkler on the sugar industry.

The Sun 8 October 2009. 'Chicken now fattier than red meat'. This story icked up on the nutritional findings of the research from The Institue of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition

Nutraingregedients 'Scientists protest as EC validates omega-3 labelling rule' 7 October 2009on our response to the EU decision omega-3 claims

"To-day Programme", BBC Radio4 1 October interview with Jack Winkler,

Daily Telegraph 'EU rules on health foods could fool consumers', coverage of campaign, 30 September.

Marketing Magazine 'Proposed food-labelling rules could confuse consumers', 30 September.

Nutraingredients 'Scientists unite to stop Omega-3 'Euro-mad rush', 30 September

BBC Radio 4 The Food Programme Sheila Dillon and Jack Winkler interviewed young women and shopkeepers on the school fringe for this programme. The programme was first broadcast on 31st May 2009.

Consuming sugar: Where next for public health strategies?
Food Ethics Summer 2009 Volume 4 Issue 2 The Magazine of the Food Ethics Council

Ethical Consumption and Production Comment on the 'health premium'. The Guardian 19th May 2009

Two-for-One Special: Professor Michael Crawford and Nina Brearley of The Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition both contributed to the BBC Food Programme about omega-6 fatty acids, on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday, 29 March,

06 March 09 Teachers TV commentary on Islington Council's policy to offer free school meals to 12,000 primary pupils.

Feb 09 Teachers TV ran commentary from Jack Winkler on Sustain's report about misinformation on curriculum packs produced by food manufacturers.

24 Feb 2009 The Guardian "Half baked diktats should be taken with a pinch of salt" Jack Winkler argues for a pragmatic, gradualist approach to improving peoples diet by starting where they are now and incrementally improving the nutritional quality of popular foods.

28 February 2009 The Week selected The Guardian 24th contribution as exchange of the week 'A better way to eat healthily'.

Jan 2009 Network Health Dietitians reprinted the entire The School Fringe report by J.T. Winkler and Sarah Sinclair as its cover story for the January issue.

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16 Jan 2009 Islington Tribune "Will politicians take salary cut to pay for free school meals for all?" London Metropolitan University nutrition expert Professor Jack Winkler said: " Price is a major disincentive to taking up school meals and it’s about to get worse"

9 January 2009 The Guardian.
'Supermarkets, government and consumers can all help pig welfare'. J.T. Winkler on the non enforcement of EU Food Law.

16 Jan 2009 - PlayAction OnLine
Professor Jack Winkler, Director of the Nutrition Policy Unit at London Metropolitan University said: "It is no use. the government improving cooked lunches in canteens, if they allow commercials in the classroom."

8 Jan 2009 The Telegraph "Killing Obese Children with Kindness" Jack Winkler, the professor of nutrition policy at London Metropolitan University, told the newspaper: "The Government is right to point up this.

5 Jan 2009 Through the Back Door
Jack Winkler, Professor of. Nutrition Policy at London Metropolitan University said of the Children's Food Campaign Report "The Eatwell plate does not. suggest sampling every food group, but maintaining balance between them, which is why it shows only a small sliver for sugary foods."

2 Jan 2009 London Bulletin Magazine: Issue 56 Jan/Feb Tackling the takeaways. Cllr Clyde Loakes leader of Waltham Forest had this to say "My favorite response came from Professor Jack Winkler from London Metropolitan University's Nutrition Policy who described our Supplementary Planning Document as "a service to the nation"

1 Jan 2009 The Independent 'The Big Question: Can the Government really make us eat less'
"The problem with all nutrition campaigns in the past is that they have been dramatically underfunded," said Jack Winkler, professor of nutrition policy at London Metropolitan University