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This paper provides information and makes recommendations for the public health community to influence and support dietary behaviours through planting and harvesting food-producing trees and hedges.
Talk Titles:
- Diet and Women's Health - Dr Shireen Kassam
- The role of exercise the in the management of gestational diabetes - Dr Ralph Smith
Published date
February 2024
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Dr Shireen Kassam, Consultant Haematologist, Kings College NHS trust and Founding member Plant Based Health Professionals and Dr Ralph Smith, Consultant in Exercise medicine, Nuffield Orthopedic centre, Oxford
Intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) - 12 times more carbon emissions than the oral
Glass vials - higher greenhouse gas emissions than plastic
"Intravenous administration should be reserved…
Published date
January 2024
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Davies, J. F., McAlister, S., Eckelman, M. J., McGain, F., Seglenieks, R., Gutman, E. N., Groome, J., Palipane, N., Latoff, K., Nielsen, D., Sherman, J. D., & TRA2SH, GASP, and WAAREN collaborators
Very excited to share our second Greener PCPA podcast with Dr Shireen Kassam 🌱on how a whole food plant-based diet can support better health.
This episode covers:
What a whole food plant-based diet…
This is a Cheshire&Merseyside guide for primary care practices to take up sustainability projects. Each project should be achievable per quarter. This list was devised as part of a funding proposal…
Published date
January 2024
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Nadja van Ginneken, Kathy Fallon, Kiki Lam, Nicki Dowling, Emma Scott
What you need to know:
- Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact compared with an equivalent dose of liquid medication, with less packaging and less wasted medicine
- Pill swallowing…
BMJ Sustainable Practice article describing the benefits of prescribing pills (tablets, capsules etc) rather than liquid.
Key points:
Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact…
