According to the World Health Organization, 60% of Europe’s adults are overweight or obese and none of the EU’s member states will reach their targets to halt the rise in obesity by 2025.

Carol Walker speaks to Professor Maria Hassipidou at the International Hellenic University and Professor Paul Gately from Leeds Beckett University.

Recorded in late 2022.

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In this episode we discuss food and gender.

Carol Walker is joined by experts Oydis Youland from the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture who has a particular interest in how age and gender influence food choice - and Vhari Russell, founder of the Food Marketing Experts who has over 20 years’ experience in the food and drink industry. They’ll dive into how and why gender affects the food we choose, how the food industry targets us based on whether we’re male or female, and the way our age influences our habits and our culinary choices.

Recorded in late 2022.

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According to the World Food Programme, a third of all food produced globally is wasted, which is estimated to be between 95 to 115kg of food waste per person annually. So, why do we waste so much food and how can we reduce the amount we waste? Does consumer behaviour need to change or does responsibility rest with food producers and supermarkets?

Carol Walker speaks to Stephane Leroux from the International Food Waste Coalition and Alexandros Theodoridis co-founder of Boroume, a non-for-profit organisation whose mission is to reduce food waste and to fight malnutrition in Greece.

Recorded in late 2022.

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