safefood Podcast
This is the safefood podcast where we look at food safety and nutrition on the Island of Ireland. We explore all areas of the food environment from the perspective of the general public, professionals, research and education.
safefood Podcast
Nutrition: What is food poverty and the cost of a minimum food basket?
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Dr Bernadette MacMahon, Robert Thornton
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Season 22
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Episode 22
In this episode of our Nutrition podcast we look at food poverty and the cost of a minimum food basket on the island of Ireland. We talk to Dr Bernadette Mac Mahon, Director of Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, and Robert Thornton who works with her as Senior Research and Policy Officer. They are the researchers behind safefood’s reports on the cost of a healthy food basket on the island of Ireland.
The safefood Nutrition podcast is presented by Dr Aileen McGloin, safefood’s Director of Marketing and Communications, and looks at key issues like obesity, weight stigma, sustainability and health in the media.