Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Brilliant - a must read' Tim Spector

'Ravenous is a truly important book ... we need a food revolution to ensure children don't go hungry, eat right, and reach their potential' Tom Kerridge

The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance. It is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. It sustains us, but it is also killing us. Diet-related disease is now the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world - far worse than smoking. The environmental damage done by the food system is also changing climate patterns and degrading the earth, risking our food security.

In Ravenous, Henry Dimbleby takes us behind the scenes to reveal the mechanisms that act together to shape the modern diet - and therefore the world. He explains not just why the food system is leading us into disaster, but what can be done about it.

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'Shocking ... a highly readable account of what needs to be happen in order for us to both save the planet and fit into those old jeans again ... Dimbleby promises to show us how the crisis can be averted. [Ravenous] delivers on that promise' - Guardian

'A call not only for a healthier food system, but for a more sustainable one' - The Times

'Fascinating . . .comprehensive and concise . . . a clear, reasoned and meticulously footnoted argument for a coherent food policy' - FT

'A rallying call for radical change' - TLS

'[Ravenous] sets out how we can escape from the system we're trapped within which means that currently 60 per cent of adults in the UK are obese, with the number estimated to rise to 80 per cent by 2060.' - i Paper

Author Bio

Henry Dimbleby is the co-founder of LEON, and the Director of The Sustainable Restaurant Association. In 2013, he co-authored The School Food Plan, which set out actions to transform school meals and food education in schools, and his work with DEFRA culminated in the National Food Strategy policy proposal.

Jemima Lewis is a weekly columnist for the Telegraph, and the former editor of The Week.