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Hospital and Nursing Home Food Undermines Both Patient and Planetary Health, New Study Shows
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In fact, food in clinics is supposed to promote recovery. However, researchers found out that meals there can make you sick – and harm the environment.
Catering in hospitals and nursing homes appears to be harmful to health and the environment, as well as contributing to climate change.
Hospital and nursing home food undermines both patient and planetary health, new study shows
In the world's first comprehensive study to evaluate both the nutritional quality and environmental footprint of food served in health care institutions using detailed, food-level data, researchers assessed menus and food procurement data from two hospitals and three nursing homes of average size in Germany. These institutions' foodservice likely reflects that of many health care institutions in high-income countries.
In a new debate article, representatives of the think tank Sustainable Food System argue that plant-based food should become the standard in healthcare, schools and social care. They believe that the state should decide what you, your children and your grandmother should eat, not based on freedom of choice, taste or need, but based on a political goal of shaping the “right” lifestyle. It is a typical example of how political representatives want…
July 24, 2025 - Instead of contributing to recovery, the food served in hospitals and nursing homes can be harmful to health – and the environment. This is shown by a study published today in The Lancet Planetary Health. Researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Stanford University have found that the meals served in the facilities studied contain too few healthy, plan…
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