VideoCommercial Baby Foods in Crisis. Credit: University of Leeds
In this webinar, the University of Leeds and Sustain's Children's Food Campaign joined forces for the launch of "Commercial Baby Foods in Crisis: Addressing Health, Marketing & Inequalities".
The event presented the key findings of groundbreaking research by Ali Morpeth and Diane Threapleton from the University of Leeds, who analysed over 630 UK baby food products, and conducted focus groups plus polling of over 1,000 parents polled by Savanta in partnership with the Children's Food Campaign..
Key speakers & panellists at the event included:
- Ali Morpeth (RNutr), registered nutritionist and visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds
- Dr Diane Threapleton, Senior Research Fellow in Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Leeds
- Charlotte Sterling-Reid, Baby and Child Nutritionist and author of How to Wean Your Baby
- Dr Vicky Sibson, Director, First Steps Nutrition Trust
- Mary Needham Carlton, Children's Food Parent Ambassador and founder, Munch CIC
It was chaired by Barbara Crowther, Children's Food Campaign Manager, Sustain.
This work is kindly supported by Which? (University of Leeds) and Impact on Urban Health (Sustain/Children's Food Campaign).
Children's Food Campaign: Campaigning for policy changes so that all children can easily eat sustainable and healthy food.
