Most Dutch still cook from scratch and eat at the table: report

2 days, 11 hours ago

The what, when, how of mindful eating

What we eat and how much has a direct bearing on our physical and mental wellbeing. Dr Meghana Pasi, nutrition consultant-MyThali programme at global health non-profit Arogya World, shares how one can make informed choices by focusing on portion control, nutritional quality, meal time, mindful eating and hydration. Prioritise nutritional quality: By including foods from all groups, such as whole …

Eat Eating Our Meals

3 weeks ago

Meal box popularity persists for Christmas dinners in the Netherlands

NL Times

Ordering meal boxes for Christmas dinner remains a popular tradition in the Netherlands, even two years after the last COVID-19 lockdowns. A survey by ANP among providers revealed strong demand for festive meal kits, ranging from Michelin-starred restaurant dishes to premium holiday meals. "The boxes from De Librije, with its three Michelin stars, are especially popular and have been sold …

Michelin Meal Box Popular Kanters

4 weeks ago

‘Dining out has evolved rapidly; food biggest way of entertainment’

The Hindu

Dining out on payday or celebrating a birthday to eating out regularly now is part of a fast evolved food scene in the country. The duo was sharing their thoughts in the session titled ‘The Joy of Food’, moderated by Prabalika M. Borah, Senior Assistant Editor at The Hindu, Hyderabad. Both Ms. Prabhu and Ms. Devidayal agreed that molecular gastronomy, …

Food India Prabhu Devidayal

1 month, 2 weeks ago

"I absolutely love the outside eating and drinking culture"

Dutch News

Jennie Monon grew up in Scotland and spent several years working in human resources before a promotion brought her to Amsterdam. I’m also the Chair of the Anglo Dutch Society, which is a business networking group for Dutch and English executives, so I also sort of think of myself as an international networker. I think if I lived in a …

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Nearly two-thirds of Dutch will be overweight by 2050: RIMV

NL Times

The percentage of Netherlands residents who are overweight will increase significantly in the coming years. “Overweight is increasing and is also starting earlier in life,” the RIVM said. “Once someone is overweight, it is very difficult to lose it,” the RIVM said, adding that its study did not consider new developments, like health insurers reimbursing weight loss medication. Overweight is …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Nutrient-Dense Cuisine: A Modern Culinary Revolution

India Today

Nutrient-dense cuisine is gaining popularity as people become more aware of the impact of their food choices on their health and the environment. The rise of nutrient-dense eating is driven by several key trends: conscious cooking, superfoods, plant-based options, and dietary preferences. Modern consumers are more informed and demanding than ever before, and they are seeking meaningful, health-driven choices that …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Gen Z and the vanishing lunch: The new norms of dining at work

Salon

Amid the pandemic, the widespread closures of offices spurred a new era of remote working. When asked back in 2019 what she would consider a life well-lived, Ruchika T. Malhotra said it’s “a proper, generous lunch break.” “I’d consider my life well-lived if I took time to eat lunch during the workday almost every day,” she wrote in the Harvard …

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Restaurant boom overshadows bars and cafes as nightlife trend shifts

Dutch News

The Netherlands' restaurant industry is booming, with a significant decline in bars and cafés. Event catering has become the preferred destination for a night out, with the number of event caterers growing rapidly. Restaurants, bars, and cafés have all seen a decline in popularity, with the number of restaurants and cafés decreasing by over 30% since 2007.

Restaurant boom overshadows bars and cafes as nightlife trend shifts

Dutch News

The Netherlands' restaurant industry is booming, with a significant decline in bars and cafés. Event catering has emerged as the preferred destination for a night out, with the number of event caterers growing rapidly. Restaurants and cafés have been steadily declining, with event catering taking over in terms of popularity and growth.

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Dutch spend more on food with a "sustainable" label

Dutch News

The Dutch spent more on meat, vegetables, dairy and bread with a “sustainable” label last year, which now accounts for a bigger proportion of total spending on food, according to research by national statistics organisation CBS and Wageningen University. In total, consumers spent €12.6 billion on “sustainable” food last year, 14% more than in 2022. The research, carried out on …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Dutch spend more on food with a "sustainable" label

Dutch News

The Dutch spent more on meat, vegetables, dairy and bread with a “sustainable” label last year, which now accounts for a bigger proportion of total spending on food, according to research by national statistics organisation CBS and Wageningen University. In total, consumers spent €12.6 billion on “sustainable” food last year, 14% more than in 2022. The research, carried out on …

Food Dutch Sustainable Label

8 months, 3 weeks ago

One in seven people in Netherlands have problems buying food

Dutch News

One in seven people in the Netherlands go short of food or lack a balanced diet, according to a study compiled for the Red Cross. Just over half of those who did not have enough to eat and three-quarters who ate an unbalanced diet said lack of money was the biggest problem, while a smaller proportion – 25% and 37% …

Food Poverty

8 months, 3 weeks ago

One in seven people in Netherlands have problems buying food

Dutch News

One in seven people in the Netherlands go short of food or lack a balanced diet, according to a study compiled for the Red Cross. Just over half of those who did not have enough to eat and three-quarters who ate an unbalanced diet said lack of money was the biggest problem, while a smaller proportion – 25% and 37% …

Food Poverty

9 months, 1 week ago

Dutch kids spend too much time inside on screens; Campaign to encourage outside play

NL Times

Dutch kids between the ages of 6 and 12 spend less and less time playing outside, increasingly opting to spend their free time playing on the computer or console at home. The organization launched a campaign to encourage families to spend more time playing outside. That is about 2.5 hours less than two years ago, Pauline van der Loo of …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

What eating at your desk says about your working habits

Live Mint

If you’re munching on a supermarket meal deal while reading this, well, I probably am too. As one French scholar put it: “A sandwich or salad gulped down in front of a computer screen does not pass as a proper meal.” Only a handful of publications focus on the workday lunch, but studies have almost exclusively used large-scale surveys. Nevertheless, …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Obesity tripled in Netherlands in 40 years

NL Times

Last year, 16 percent of people over 20 in the Netherlands were obese or seriously overweight, according to Statistics Netherlands. That is three times as many as about 40 years ago, notes the organization, which collaborated with the RIVM health institute for the Health Survey/Lifestyle Monitor. In total, 51 percent of all Dutch people aged 20 and older were overweight …

Netherlands Bmi Overweight

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Netherlands the European champion for sitting still: TNO

NL Times

The Netherlands is the “European sitting champion,” according to a study by TNO. A quarter of the Dutch population aged 15 years and older sit more than 8.5 hours per day on average, compared to 11 percent in the rest of the EU. The average Dutch worker spends 3.4 hours sitting in their spare time and 1 hour during the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ahead of Dutch elections, food banks highlight the cost-of-living crisis, a major campaign theme

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We will make the primary necessities of life affordable,” his …

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1 year, 3 months ago

More than a quarter of consumers eating less healthily in cost-of-living crisis

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than a quarter of consumers are eating less healthily …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The exact time Brits find themselves ‘uncontrollably hungry’ revealed

The Independent

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Hunger Cent Living Well Brits Snack

1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch waste a kilo less food but the downward trend stalls

Dutch News

The Dutch threw out just over 33 kilos of fruit and veg per person last year, almost a kilo down on 2019 but the downward trend has nevertheless stalled, figures from the food information centre Voedingscentrum have shown. The Voedingcentrum probe, which takes place every three years, looks at the rubbish produced by 130 households and the organic waste from …

Food Food Waste Waste Trend Stalls

1 year, 9 months ago

Dutch public bought organic products more often last year

NL Times

Residents of the Netherlands bought an increasing number of organic products last year. Along with greater demand, inflation also played a large part in the rising amount of revenue generated by organic food sales, which grew by 25 percent last year, according to a study by by market research institute GfK. Agricultural organization LTO Nederland reported last year that supermarket …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Everything you need to know about Dutch oven cooking

Salon

This story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between! As someone who also loves to cook, allow me to stay true to form—here is everything you need to know about …

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1 year, 9 months ago

More than half of the Dutch don’t take part in enough physical activity

NL Times

People in the Netherlands are not getting enough physical activity to benefit their health condition. About 47 percent of the population takes part in a sufficient level of physical activity, with children aged 4 to 11 years being the most active group, according to a 2021 study of 8,442 people conducted by the Dutch public health institute. The study found …

Physical Activity

1 year, 10 months ago

Number of people requiring food bank help has stabilized

NL Times

The number of people who visit food banks in the Netherlands has stabilized in the first months of this year, said a spokesperson for Voedselbank Netherlands, which represents many food banks operating across the country. In the last quarter of 2022, the number of food bank users increased by 30 percent to 120,000 per week. The number of food bank …

Food Bank Netherlands

1 year, 11 months ago

Let Them Eat Cake: Why it's crucial to eat at work

Firstpost

When England’s Food Standards Agency boss Susan Jebb recently compared eating cake at work to passive smoking, office cubicle walls across the land quivered. Employees in Sweden seem to believe this is true: Fika is a daily social event based around sharing food at work – mainly cakes and other sweet dishes. Let them eat cake Indeed, much of the …

Food Workplace Employees Work Cake Eat Eating

2 years, 5 months ago

The Best Cookbooks For Beginners, According To Chefs

Huff Post

Like many people, the pandemic unleashed an indulgent cook within myself that had been dormant until isolation hit, allowing me to spend hours at the stove coaxing dimensional flavors from a pasta sauce or stew. “I truly believe that there aren’t bad cooks, just bad recipes,” Carla Lali Music, former food director for Bon Appétit and an award-winning author of …

Recipe Cook

2 years, 6 months ago

Health Council wants national approach to eating disorders

NL Times

The Dutch Health Council called for a nationally uniform approach to eating disorders in new advice to the Cabinet. According to the Health Council, a lack of knowledge about eating disorders, long waiting lists, and a fragmented supply of care mean it currently takes an average of four years to get appropriate help. Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, …

Health Council Council Eating Disorders

2 years, 6 months ago

More fast food outlets set up next to schools, despite obesity rise

Dutch News

More and more fast food outlets are opening up close to Dutch schools, despite government efforts to encourage healthy eating, according to research by current affairs tv programme Pointer. VU University food scientist Jaap Seidell told Pointer that the ‘distraction’ provided by fast food outlets is only making the problem worse. Junior health minister Maarten van Ooijen described the findings …

Food Fast Food Pointer Despite Obesity Fast Food Outlets

2 years, 7 months ago

More people are finding their way to food banks, increase this year is 15%

Dutch News

The number of people picking up groceries from the Netherlands’ food banks has gone up by 15% since the start of the year, the equivalent of 6000 households. Leo Wijnbelt from the foodbank umbrella group Voedselbanken Nederland told the Nederlands Dagblad that the increase is considerable but that it varies greatly from food bank to food bank. Refugees from Ukraine …

Food Bank Food Banks Food Bank

2 years, 7 months ago

More people are finding their way to food banks, increase this year is 15%

Dutch News

The number of people picking up groceries from the Netherlands’ food banks has gone up by 15% since the start of the year, the equivalent of 6000 households. Leo Wijnbelt from the foodbank umbrella group Voedselbanken Nederland told the Nederlands Dagblad that the increase is considerable but that it varies greatly from food bank to food bank. Refugees from Ukraine …

Food Bank Food Banks Food Bank

2 years, 9 months ago

A map of dinner times in Europe is going viral for its wide-ranging mealtimes: ‘A Norwegian and Spaniard go to a bar’

The Independent

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A map of “the usual time of eating dinner in Europe” went viral the …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Dutch gov't working on law to limit fast food chains

NL Times

The Dutch government is working on a law to stop the proliferation of fast-food chains. The law should help municipalities say no to new fast-food restaurants opening on every corner, like the big cities asked for last year, State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen of Prevention said to newspaper AD. In lower social classes, it's even one in three," Van Ooijen …

Food Van Ooijen

2 years, 11 months ago

The Best Food Storage Containers To Start Meal Prepping, According To Experts

Huff Post

Moncel suggests starting slow and building into a more robust routine. “You portion the leftovers out into single servings before refrigerating to make them really easy to just grab-and-go later.” Beth Moncel, a budget meal prep blogger and author of “ Budget Bytes: Over 100 Easy, Delicious Recipes to Slash Your Grocery Bill in Half,” told me that preparing some …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Dutch eat less meat, but coronavirus closures are the likely cause

Dutch News

The Dutch ate less meat last year but that is mainly down to restaurants closing during the coronavirus crisis rather than a change in behaviour, according to researchers at Wageningen University. Animal rights group Wakker Dier, which commissioned the research, said it was pleased to see people had eaten less meat, even though there is not a real trend. ‘And …

Dutch Meat Eat Cbs Less Meat Likely Cause

3 years, 4 months ago

Michel Roux Jr wants to prove French food isn’t rich, heavy or difficult to cook

The Independent

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But if travelling abroad is too daunting to contemplate at the moment, a new …

Food Family Cooking France Local Country French

3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch cities want to ban fast food restaurants in fight against obesity

NL Times

The four large Dutch cities and Ede are advocating for legal options to ban the suppliers of fast foods and other unhealthy foods in their fight against obesity. Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Ede therefore sent a letter to Sate Secretary Paul Blokhuis of Public Health, asking for more resources to halt the increase in fast food restaurants. Currently, …

Food Rtl Nieuws Dutch Cities

3 years, 4 months ago

Obese NL residents more often happy with their weight

NL Times

It is increasingly common for Netherlands residents who are seriously overweight to be satisfied with how much they weigh. Between 2018 and 2020, an average of 26 percent of severely overweight adults were satisfied with how much they weighed. Moreover, a relatively large number of elderly and young people are also satisfied with their weight. Last year, 37 percent of …

Moderately Overweight

3 years, 5 months ago

9 Meal Prep Cookbooks That'll Make Your Life Easier

Huff Post

HuffPost The world of home cooking comes down to two kinds of people: chipper sorts who prep all their meals in advance and live a life of well-labeled, stackable containers, and goofballs who have been known to make three separate grocery store excursions while cooking one simple dinner. Here’s a question for you: Consider how busy you are, on a …

Meal Prep Meal Prepping

3 years, 7 months ago

Eight in 10 don’t eat meat every day, but only 5% are vegetarian or vegan: CBS

Dutch News

Eight in ten Dutch adults do not eat meat every day and 45% eat meat a maximum of four times a week, national statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. In total, 95% of Dutch adults still eat meat, some 3% eat fish not meat, 2% are vegetarians and 0.4% avoid animal products altogether, the CBS found. The CBS also found …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch eating less meat; Scientists want higher meat prices to support the trend

NL Times

Eight out of ten Dutch people no longer eat meat every day, a study by Statistic Netherlands showed. At the same time, 50 scientists and the retired D66 politician Jan Terlouw have called for meat prices to be increased by 1-3 percent annually. About a third of Dutch adults have started eating less meat in the past year, and 0.5% …

Dutch Meat Eat Less Meat Meat Prices

3 years, 7 months ago

NL residents snacked more on chocolate, wine gums during pandemic

NL Times

Netherlands residents definitely snacked more during the coronavirus pandemic. Spending on on things like chocoloate, wine gums and drop increased since the start of the first lockdown, ABN Amro concluded in a study of figures from supermarkets, drugstores, and gas stations, NOS reports. Turnover on drop and other sweets like wine gums increased by 6 percent. This trend continued even …

Chocolate Wine Wine Gums

3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch are biggest consumers of meat substitutes in Europe

NL Times

The population of the Netherlands is the biggest consumerof meat substitutes in Europe, a research by non-profit organization ProVeg showed. We already knew that the Netherlands is one of the leaders, but not that we also eat the most meat substitutes in Europe per person," says Pablo Moleman, co-founder of the organization ProVeg. It showed that the Dutch spend an …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Mindful Eating in Times of Work From Home

News 18

Amongst the zillion other things that this pandemic has changed in our lives, it has changed the way we eat. While many of us used the time at home to turn to cooking and baking and completely did away with ordering in and takeaways — thereby eating cleaner and healthier; there were also those who had to juggle WFH and …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Eating Out Frequently Ups Risk of All-Cause Death: Study

News 18

Dining out is a popular activity worldwide, but a team of researchers has found that eating out very frequently is significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause death. The study, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, said that among the study participants, 2,781 deaths occurred, including 511 deaths from cardiovascular disease and 638 deaths …

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3 years, 9 months ago

‘I saw an old couple on a bicycle and I thought, ‘this is romantic, this is so Dutch’

Dutch News

Nanda Milbreta is originally from Riga in Latvia. Basically, I didn’t really know what to do with my life, and I found a programme that would be interesting for me. They would say, ‘Oh, you speak Dutch so good, welcome in Holland!’ even though I was living here and this was my home. I don’t know if America would feel …

Food Love Dutch Netherlands Work Old Hague

3 years, 9 months ago

‘I saw an old couple on a bicycle and I thought, ‘this is romantic, this is so Dutch’

Dutch News

Nanda Milbreta is originally from Riga in Latvia. Basically, I didn’t really know what to do with my life, and I found a programme that would be interesting for me. They would say, ‘Oh, you speak Dutch so good, welcome in Holland!’ even though I was living here and this was my home. I don’t know if America would feel …

Food Love Dutch Netherlands Work Old Hague

3 years, 10 months ago

Sharp increase in people using food bank last year

NL Times

In 2020, the number of people who turned to the food bank because they couldn't afford food rose sharply. Where in 2019, 151 thousand people made use of the food bank, last year that number rose to 160,500 people, the Dutch food bank reports. The food bank reports that the need for assistance to supply daily meals has been on …

Food Bank Sharp Food Bank

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