Irish dietary habits 'like a slow motion disaster', experts warnJames CoxIreland’s dietary habits need to change radically as part of an ambitious plan to protect public health and the environment, a new report has recommended. The Climate and Health Alliance claims our current food system is “like a slow motion disaster”, fuelling premature death and disability due to diet-related chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes and obesity. ‘Fixing Food Together: transitioning Ireland to a healthy and sustainable food system’ - provides a damning indictment of the health and environmental consequences of how our food is produced and consumed. The position paper, whose lead author is Irish Heart Foundation dietitian Orna O’Brien, draws on previous research and is being launched at a conference organised by the Climate and Health Alliance in Dublin on Tuesday. “This is like a slow-motion disaster unfolding before our eyes,” said spokesman Tim Collins, chief executive of the Irish Heart Foundation – one of the Climate and Health Alliance’s founding members.

Source: Irish Independent May 16, 2023 15:21 UTC