Broadcast: Thursday 17 January 2008 09:00 PM |
Journalist Jane Moore investigates whether the prices of premium ranges reflect their nutritional value, what's in 'healthier' options, and reveals how we're not always being told the truth about the food we eat.
The Truth About Your Food Pt 2
17 January 2008 9pm
Britain is the most obese nation in Europe, and we're continuing to pile on the pounds. Many of us believe it's not our fault, choosing to blame our genes, age or metabolism. Others find their weight gain a complete mystery.
This investigation examines the excuses we make for our increased girth and debunks the myths that mask our calorie consumption. Journalist Jane Moore examines how much food we're really eating and puts the spotlight on the food industry to reveal what effect our increased dining-out habit is having on our health.
Moore takes a group of children undercover to find out just how much fat is on the menu for kids in Britain's favourite family restaurants. She meets a family who insist that despite eating healthily and exercising they seem unable to shift their excess weight.
With the help of a fridge-cam and a little secret surveillance, Dispatches attempts to unearth the root cause of their problem. The programme also features a company boss who insists his genes make him fat and the belly-dancer who cannot shake the idea that her metabolism is to blame for her weight gain.
Facts & Links
Britain is the most obese nation in Europe, and we're continuing to pile on the pounds. Many of us believe it's not our fault, choosing to blame our genes, age or metabolism. Others find their weight gain a complete mystery.
This investigation examines the excuses we make for our increased girth and debunks the myths that mask our calorie consumption. Journalist Jane Moore examines how much food we're really eating and puts the spotlight on the food industry to reveal what effect our increased dining-out habit is having on our health.
Moore takes a group of children undercover to find out just how much fat is on the menu for kids in Britain's favourite family restaurants. She meets a family who insist that despite eating healthily and exercising they seem unable to shift their excess weight.
With the help of a fridge-cam and a little secret surveillance, Dispatches attempts to unearth the root cause of their problem. The programme also features a company boss who insists his genes make him fat and the belly-dancer who cannot shake the idea that her metabolism is to blame for her weight gain.
Facts & Links
- Carol Gerada had her metabolic rate tested at London Medical.
- Scott Parkes had his genetic test done at the Genetic Health clinic in London.
- Anna Suckling is a Dietitian who advised the Fome family on their diet.
www.nutri-tactics.co.uk
Genetic Health
www.genetic-health.co.uk
London Medical
www.londonmedical.co.uk
The Truth About Your Food Pt 1
10 January 2008 9pm
Health-conscious consumers in Britain are slowly junking fast food. Instead, we're spending more on premium ready-meals and foods which claim to be healthier, enticed by packaging claiming health benefits. The market for premium supermarket brands is now worth more than £5 billion pounds.
Journalist Jane Moore investigates whether the prices of premium ranges reflect their nutritional value, what's in 'healthier' options, and reveals how we're not always being told the truth about the food we eat. 'The Truth About Your Food' is the first of two Dispatches programmes in 'The Big Food Fight', a season of programming which aims to raise awareness and encourage debate about food production, animal welfare and healthy eating.
Dispatches investigates the claims made by a range of popular products, subjecting many of them to laboratory analysis. The results are unappetising - labelling can be grossly inaccurate, 'healthy' options can have more calories than ordinary ranges and supermarkets are stocking some products that make unsubstantiated health claims.
Dispatches examines the accuracy of nutritional information on the packaging of many convenience foods and finds a dramatic difference between what some labels state and the reality - revealing a huge margin for error in some measurements such as the percentage of fat - and the flawed legislation that allows misleading information to be featured on packaging. The programme also questions the presentation of the Guideline Daily Amount figures on packaging, suggesting the recommended daily amounts of fat, salt and sugar should be lowered.
To test our beliefs about branding and pricing, Dispatches asks three families to take part in a month-long exercise. One family eats healthy and premium range convenience foods as often as possible, a second family consumes economy ready meals food and the third has a convenience-free diet. All consumed fruit and vegetables with these meals. An expert dietician analyses their food intake to compare the amounts of fat, sugar and salt each family consumes.
With contributions from leading nutritional experts, 'The Truth About Your Food' is essential viewing for those of us making New Year's resolutions to eat more healthily.
Health-conscious consumers in Britain are slowly junking fast food. Instead, we're spending more on premium ready-meals and foods which claim to be healthier, enticed by packaging claiming health benefits. The market for premium supermarket brands is now worth more than £5 billion pounds.
Journalist Jane Moore investigates whether the prices of premium ranges reflect their nutritional value, what's in 'healthier' options, and reveals how we're not always being told the truth about the food we eat. 'The Truth About Your Food' is the first of two Dispatches programmes in 'The Big Food Fight', a season of programming which aims to raise awareness and encourage debate about food production, animal welfare and healthy eating.
Dispatches investigates the claims made by a range of popular products, subjecting many of them to laboratory analysis. The results are unappetising - labelling can be grossly inaccurate, 'healthy' options can have more calories than ordinary ranges and supermarkets are stocking some products that make unsubstantiated health claims.
Dispatches examines the accuracy of nutritional information on the packaging of many convenience foods and finds a dramatic difference between what some labels state and the reality - revealing a huge margin for error in some measurements such as the percentage of fat - and the flawed legislation that allows misleading information to be featured on packaging. The programme also questions the presentation of the Guideline Daily Amount figures on packaging, suggesting the recommended daily amounts of fat, salt and sugar should be lowered.
To test our beliefs about branding and pricing, Dispatches asks three families to take part in a month-long exercise. One family eats healthy and premium range convenience foods as often as possible, a second family consumes economy ready meals food and the third has a convenience-free diet. All consumed fruit and vegetables with these meals. An expert dietician analyses their food intake to compare the amounts of fat, sugar and salt each family consumes.
With contributions from leading nutritional experts, 'The Truth About Your Food' is essential viewing for those of us making New Year's resolutions to eat more healthily.
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