The Knackered Lunch: Henry Dimbleby on fixing the Govt’s food fiasco

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Did Henry Dimbleby really quit his role as the Government’s food policy advisor “in disgust”? Why have its attempts to create a healthier nation through our diet proved such a failure? And what should they be doing instead? Ros Taylor talks to the founder of LEON and the author of Ravenous: How To Get Ourselves And Our Planet Into Shape about the salad shortage, changing Britain’s food culture, the dark side of Bake Off… and why we still depend on celebrity intervention to get kids eating decent school dinners. “Politicians are out of step with the public. They really are sick of their kids being bombarded with ads for junk food.” “The term ‘Nanny State’ was coined by politicians who actually grew up with nannies…” “OK, telling people to eat turnips is funny in a downbeat Blackadder sense… but we really should be growing more vegetables in this country.” “Giving up meat can seem a bit worthy. We’re trying to create a positive ad campaign around eating less meat.” Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello and welcome to the bunker I'm Ros Taylor. Later this year you'll be able to go to a
1:09.3	high street pharmacy and buy an injection that kills your appetite.
1:13.0	Even the thought of eating a burger or a slice of cake becomes repellent to people on semaglutide.
1:18.0	It's a drastic solution to a problem that keeps getting worse,
1:22.0	our inability to resist the cheap, unhealthy food that you can buy everywhere in Britain.
1:27.0	Appropriately, Henry Dimbleby's new book written with Jemima Lewis is called Ravenous. He co-founded the Leon restaurant chain and he wrote the government's national food strategy.
1:38.0	Last week though he quit that job I think it's fair to say in disgust.
1:42.4	Welcome to the bunker Henry. Thank you.
1:44.8	Thank you for having me. So why did you quit?
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