Amongst the main nutritional conclusions from this expansive study is the finding that the greater the consumption of a variety of good quality plant-based foods, the lower the risk of those diseases which are commonly found in western countries (for example cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes).
The ramifications for regions where tnc's such as McDonald's are expanding into and those where they already have a strong prescence, is immense and extremely damning of their diet and nutritional 'value'.
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The findings reveal that those using the oulets surveyed consume much more than the national averages suggests: 31% of fast food eaters said they ate fast food every day.
The implication from this is that these outlets are serving a need for those surveyed. The potential is there to help improve the populations health, rather than jeopardizing it by providing unhealthy meals in an area where health is at a premium.
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The report provides a comprehensive review of the most important scientific evidence in support of current Federal nutrition policy as stated in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These Guidelines, issued jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services provide guidelines and recommendations which are outlined here.
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The report describes recent changes in the dietary and health patterns of countries, define the relationship between the "affluent" diet that typically accompanied economic development and the subsequent emergence of chronic diseases, and explore the need for national food and nutrition policies to prevent or minimize costly health problems in both developing and developed countries.
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The environmental problems and impacts on health of chlorines and related substances
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The Transnationals Information Centre was sued by McDonald's but were unable to fight due to lack of resources. The centre closed and the pamphlet was pulped, but the full text and graphics are now available here.
Analysis of pay rates in former wages council industries.
Before the 1993 Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act, the Wages Councils set legal minimum rates of pay for adult workers in the hotel, catering, retail, hairdressing and clothing manufacturing industries. This report provides an update of how these industries have developed their pay rates subsequent to the introduction of the 1993 Reform Act.
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This is a research paper which gives the research abstract, method and results taken from two separate outbreaks (Oregon and Michigan, three months apart) of an E. coli strain, an unusual gastrointestinal illness. The illness is characterised by severe abdominal pain and in its advanced state by 'grossly bloody diarrhoea'. In these instances the report concludes that the undercooking of contaminated meat resulted in the transportation of the E.coli strain to some customers.
Both stores in question were McDonald outlets.
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The report has the stated aim of bringing defamation law up to date and to improve and simplify the procedures for litigants who are unfortunate enough to become involved in an action for libel or slander.
The report has a wide variety of implications for future defamation proceedings; and with regard to the McLibel trial itself the report clearly shows the inadequacies of the present system. The draft bill clearly suggests that the libel and defamation laws here in Britain are antiquated and need improving.
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London has been described for a number of years as the "libel capital of the World". Ms. Arnold Nicholson studies the effects of the use of English libel courts on stifling free expression and examines the impact of the European Convention on Human rights on defamation law in the UK and in continental Europe. Full text
In Chapter 5 Ms. Donson details McDonald's love affair with libel law by examining a number of lawsuits brought by the company, including BBC2's Nature programme, Morrissey, the Today newspaper, Channel 4 and even a Scottish schoolchildren's play. In Chapter 6 she examines the McLibel trial in detail.
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Mr. Wolfson discusses the background and holding of the English "McLibel" case in relation to cruel common farming practices, its unique legal context, and the impact of the holding on animal law in general and state anti-cruelty laws in the United States. In addition, he explores the contradiction that McLibel exposes: the fact that a common farming practice can be found cruel in the view of a reasonable person, yet legal pursuant to an anti-cruelty statute.
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FAWN argues that the broiler chickens which make up the breeding stock suffer both mentally and physically. Bred to be 'greedy', the parent birds must be kept for extended periods on severely restricted rations if they are to survive and reproduce successfully. Through genetic selection the modern poultry industry has bred a bird with inherent health and welfare problems.
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