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This free course was written by Audrey Brown and Surinder Ghatoray.

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Tables

Table 2: BMI classifications for the Asian population adapted from World Health Organization (WHO) (2004) ‘Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies, The Lancet, vol. 363, pp. 157–63.

Images

Figure 1: The Eatwell Guide adapted from: https://www.gov.uk/ government/ uploads/ system/ uploads/ attachment_data/ file/ 551502/ Eatwell_Guide_booklet.pdf © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 2: The Eatwell Plate: https://www.gov.uk/ government/ uploads/ system/ uploads/ attachment_data/ file/ 551502/ Eatwell_Guide_booklet.pdf © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 3: Copyright © Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Japan

Figure 4: © National Institute of Nutrition, India http://ninindia.org/

Figure 5: From: (p20) http://www.promocion.salud.gob.mx/ dgps/ descargas1/ programas/ 1-guia_orientacion_alimentaria.pdf

Figure 6: courtesy: © U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA

Figure 7: © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Health Canada, 2011.

Figure 8: © Mediterranean Diet Foundation https://dietamediterranea.com/ en/ nutrition/

Figure 10: Elena Danileiko/Getty Images

Figure 11: left: Logo: © Crown https://www.nhs.uk/ change4life#BLWef5eTAVPiXdV3.97 Right: Logo: © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 12: Logo: Choose to Live Better http://www.choosetolivebetter.com/ ;

Figure 13: Logo: Eat Better Feel Better: https://www.eatbetterfeelbetter.co.uk/ resources courtesy Marketing and Insight Unit Scottish Government

Figure 14: Logos: The Vegetarian Society http://www.vegsocapproved.com/

Figure 15 © pgaborphotos/iStockphoto.com

Figure 16: from Global Nutrition Report 2016 page xix http://ebrary.ifpri.org/ utils/ getfile/ collection/ p15738coll2/ id/ 130354/ filename/ 130565.pdf

Figure 17: from Global Nutrition Report 2016 page 2 http://ebrary.ifpri.org/ utils/ getfile/ collection/ p15738coll2/ id/ 130354/ filename/ 130565.pdf

Figure 18: © champja/Getty Images

Video

Section 1.2, Activity 3: Eating five a day: © NHS Choices /Gov.UK

Section 4.1, Activity 6: Global Nutrition: Reproduced with permission from the International Food Policy Research Institute www.ifpri.org

Section 4.8: extract from: BBC4: Guts: The Strange & Wonderful World of the Human Stomach © BBC (2012)

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