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Dec 27

Redesign stores to promote veggie options, say diet experts – The Times

Helen Puttick, ScottishHealthCorrespondent

Supermarkets and online grocery stores should be reorganised to nudge shoppers towards meat alternatives such as buckwheat and chickpeas, researchers have said.

A study involving people from all walks of life in Scotland found that most were resistant to designing new dinners in which favourites such as steak and sausages are replaced with alternative sources of protein.

Experts from the Rowett Institute, the leading diet and nutrition centre in Aberdeen, have suggested that foods be reshuffled around inside big supermarkets so that the meat aisle also includes possible substitutes such as kidney beans and fava beans. Alexandra Johnstone, a senior researcher at the institute, said there should also be prompts for alternatives when people shopped online.

The World Health Organisation recommends reducing consumption of red

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