Wendy has been involved in catering for majority of her working life. Some years ago was caught up in the hype, when a certain British Chef highlighted the poor nutritional standards in schools. At this time Wendy was responsible for the catering at 253 primary schools, working for a national company on the south coast and was very aware of the problem, but had already taken great steps to alter the nutritional value of the food being offered. Wendy now is responsible for 15 secondary school catering contracts and facing ever increasing pressure on budgets, government nutrition and food based standards, sourcing and school councils, whilst trying to improve school meal uptake and deliver catering to strict contract conditions.
Having said all that, I was very pleased to see in Wendy's "Cost Sector Catering"a magazine for the food service industry, an article on processed meats which suggests that it increases the risk of bowel cancer and supports an article on "Poor Diet raises Cancer Risk". This article by Cancer Research UK was based on risks highlighted in the British Journal of Cancer. It reports that nearly half of the cases of cancer diagnosed in the UK each year are caused by our lifestyle choices. It is reported that about 100,000 (34%) of UK Cancers are linked to unhealthy diet, carrying too much weight, smoking and alcohol abuse. We all knew the link between smoking and lung cancer but in breast cancer nearly 10th of the risk comes from being overweight or obese.With gullet cancer, half of the risk comes from eating too little fruit and veg and for stomach cancer the data suggests that too much salt in the diet accounts for a fifth of the risk.
"Leading a healthy lifestyle does not guarantee a person will not get cancer, but the study shows we can significantly stack the odds in our favour" ... Dr Harpal Kumar chief executive of Cancer Research UK.
I'm glad to see the food service industry is also banging on about the importance of healthy lifestyle choices throughout their industry..........................
Having said all that, I was very pleased to see in Wendy's "Cost Sector Catering"a magazine for the food service industry, an article on processed meats which suggests that it increases the risk of bowel cancer and supports an article on "Poor Diet raises Cancer Risk". This article by Cancer Research UK was based on risks highlighted in the British Journal of Cancer. It reports that nearly half of the cases of cancer diagnosed in the UK each year are caused by our lifestyle choices. It is reported that about 100,000 (34%) of UK Cancers are linked to unhealthy diet, carrying too much weight, smoking and alcohol abuse. We all knew the link between smoking and lung cancer but in breast cancer nearly 10th of the risk comes from being overweight or obese.With gullet cancer, half of the risk comes from eating too little fruit and veg and for stomach cancer the data suggests that too much salt in the diet accounts for a fifth of the risk.
"Leading a healthy lifestyle does not guarantee a person will not get cancer, but the study shows we can significantly stack the odds in our favour" ... Dr Harpal Kumar chief executive of Cancer Research UK.
I'm glad to see the food service industry is also banging on about the importance of healthy lifestyle choices throughout their industry..........................
1 comment:
HI,
WOW,what a great post..
I was not aware that salt is a 5th of the risk
For stomach cancer. There is alot of salt in processed meat!
Hope u all are having a good day.
~Deana~
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