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Viva!'s Incredible Veggie Show 2009
Media Area
Welcome to the Media Area of Europe's largest veggie event, from
animal campaigning group Viva!
The Incredible Veggie Show takes place in at London's Royal
Horticultural Halls, on Saturday, April 18, 2009.
This area is designed for journalists to access all the
information, media releases, feature articles and images we have
available about the show, electronically.
All material released by the Viva! Press Office to promote the
Incredible Veggie Show can be found on the list below. For
competition opportunities, exclusive recipes and interviews, please
see the menu on the left.
To talk about your requirements, to arrange pre-record interviews
and media access on the day, please call press officer Helen
Rossiter on 0117 944 1000, or email
press@viva.org.uk. Free press
passes are available upon request.
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Intro paragraph |
Podcasts |
| General news release |
EUROPE'S largest vegetarian event comes to London in April 2009, featuring everything you ever wanted to know about being or going veggie or vegan - or simply cutting down on meat. |
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| General news feature |
EUROPE'S largest vegetarian event comes to London in April 2009, featuring everything you ever wanted to know about being or going veggie or vegan - or simply cutting down on meat. |
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| Animal-based feature |
THE average Brit eats 11,047 animals in their lifetime: one goose, one rabbit, four cattle, 18 pigs, 23 sheep and lambs, 28 ducks, 39 turkeys, 1,158 chickens, 3,593 shellfish and 6,182 fish. |
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| Vegetarian feature |
EUROPE'S largest vegetarian event comes to London in April 2009, hosted by Europe's largest veggie and vegan campaigning group Viva!. |
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| Health-professionals feature
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SCIENTIFIC evidence is mounting that shows the many health benefits of a vegetarian, or better still, vegan diet. |
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| General health feature
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YOU can't get healthier than a vegetarian, or better still, vegan diet. Veggies suffer less from killer diseases and live longer than meat-eaters. |
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| Diabetes feature |
DID you know that vegetarians have 45 per cent less risk of developing diabetes than meat-eaters? A plant-based, high-fibre, low fat diet can also greatly reduce the need for medication in patients with types 1 and 2 of the illness. |
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| Cancer feature |
FIND out how plant foods protect against cancer and how consuming meat and dairy can increase the risk, at a massive veggie show being held in London next year. | |
| Mental health |
VEGETARIAN and vegans diets are the best way to boost brain power, according to leading health charity, the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation (VVF). | |
| Slimming & fitness feature |
A VEGGIE diet is a fail-safe way to lose weight according to Europe's largest vegetarian organisation Viva!, who will be spreading the word at their massive London event in April 2009. | |
| Natural living feature |
LEADING a compassionate and wholesome lifestyle, embracing respect for ourselves and others can only help on the path to enjoying health and happiness. | |
| Environment feature |
GOING vegan for a year is 20 per cent more effective in reducing global warming emissions than taking five 'green' steps, new research has found. | |
| Food feature |
HAVE you been delving around in the depths of your kitchen cupboards in search of inspiration for some new healthy recipes this season? | |
| Women's feature |
AS the seasons change, styles and trends weave their way in and out of the catwalk to the high street, hand-in-hand with the celebs' secrets to that glowing complexion and great figure. | |
| Teen feature |
Global warming is one of the most talked about issues, but what can you actually do to help? | |
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