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📰 Government food strategy and plant-based eating 📰⁠⁠In this blog Katy defines plant-based eating (PBE) and what plant-b...
21/07/2025

📰 Government food strategy and plant-based eating 📰⁠
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In this blog Katy defines plant-based eating (PBE) and what plant-based meat alternatives are. She discusses the nutritional benefits of PBE versus animal products. She discusses the nutritional benefits of PBE versus animal products. She discusses the recommendations for the government's food strategy to encourage PBE.

Katy is currently a Specialist Renal Dietitian working in the community. She has 20 years of experience working in the NHS in various roles, including nutrition support, ICU and renal.

To read this blog, follow this link - https://www.nhdmag.co.uk/blog/government-food-strategy-and-plant-based-eating-by-katy-stuart-rd

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💡Nutrition in the news💡⁠⁠Karen Voas-Wootton, RD, discusses school dinners and picky eating teenagers, fatty meals and gu...
20/07/2025

💡Nutrition in the news💡⁠
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Karen Voas-Wootton, RD, discusses school dinners and picky eating teenagers, fatty meals and gut defences, exercise and vitamin D levels in winter, targeting the brain to treat type 2 diabetes and the IDDSI UK official training pilot.⁠

Karen Voas-Wootton is a Community Prescribing Support Dietitian and Team Lead at Betsi Cadwaladr. She has a keen interest in appropriate prescribing and nutritional support and actively tries to perform quality improvement strategies within her role.
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19/07/2025

PNPG Volunteer Book Reviewers needed for our Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Pediatric Nutrition Assessment 4rth Edition.
Please apply by emailing PNPG Publications Chair, Andie Lee Gonzalez at [email protected].

📰 NHD Industry Watch 📰White Paper on ageing and nutrition sensingThe Ageing and Nutrition Sensing Network (AGENTS) was f...
18/07/2025

📰 NHD Industry Watch 📰

White Paper on ageing and nutrition sensing

The Ageing and Nutrition Sensing Network (AGENTS) was formed to connect early career researchers and leading multi-disciplinary researchers with a high level of knowledge across ageing, epidemiology, cell biology, policy and nutrition.

In this White Paper AGENTS describe their network and their four main projects, each project has involved multidisciplinary working and examining ageing and nutrition sensing from different perspectives. AGENTS also discuss how they plan to implement their findings for the promotion of healthy ageing in industry, science and policy.

View the full White Paper here - ⁠⬇️⬇️⬇️⁠
https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.70020

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🚨 NHD Paediatric Hub 🚨 ⁠⁠'With the cost of activities and food not being provided for children from the lowest income ho...
17/07/2025

🚨 NHD Paediatric Hub 🚨 ⁠
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'With the cost of activities and food not being provided for children from the lowest income households in the school holidays, families face very difficult decisions which can impact children’s social, emotional and physical health,' writes Aliya Porter, RNutr.

This article looks at the issues surrounding holiday hunger and some of the ways organisations are trying to address it.

Scroll down for the link to Aliya's informative article...⁠...

Read the full article here - https://www.nhdmag.co.uk/blog/holidayhunger
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📰 NHD Student Research Blog 📰Revising Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool with evidence-based adjustmentsInconsistenci...
16/07/2025

📰 NHD Student Research Blog 📰

Revising Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool with evidence-based adjustments

Inconsistencies between MUST’s BMI thresholds and WHO standards create challenges. Constantin Mircea's proposal aims to realign BMI thresholds using a systematic review of evidence.

Constantin is a Mental Health Staff Nurse at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. He is a MSc Mental Health Nursing graduate 2025. He is a trained leader and experienced manager. He is a trained mediator and also a former basketball player.

⁠To read this blog, follow this link - https://www.nhdmag.co.uk/blog/revising-malnutrition-universal-screening-tool-with-evidence-based-adjustments

Explore more on the NHD student hub, follow this link - https://www.nhdmag.co.uk/student-hub-homepage -hub-latest-content

📰 Six projects across UK announced to address accessibility and affordability of nutritious meals 📰 ⁠⁠New projects to be...
15/07/2025

📰 Six projects across UK announced to address accessibility and affordability of nutritious meals 📰 ⁠
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New projects to be funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) include:
• the Queen of Greens (mobile greengrocer), at social housing in Liverpool
• two ‘public restaurants’ will be piloted in Nottingham and Dundee for universal access to sustainable and nutritious foods
• Assessment of community food markets in areas of Glasgow which have a lack of access to grocery stores
• making sure free school meals in Wales are nutritious
• assisting food pantries in Southampton, Isle of Wight, and New Forest to connect with good food suppliers
• workshops throughout England to decrease food inequalities

Read the full article here - ⬇️⬇️⬇️⁠
https://www.ukri.org/news/projects-spanning-the-uk-to-tackle-food-inequality-unveiled/

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📰 Latest NHD Blog Series 📰⁠⁠Emma Writes…..⁠⁠Comment and opinion from the NHD Editor, Emma Coates, RD⁠Emma has been a Reg...
14/07/2025

📰 Latest NHD Blog Series 📰⁠
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Emma Writes…..⁠
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Comment and opinion from the NHD Editor, Emma Coates, RD
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Emma has been a Registered Dietitian for over 18 years and has experience in adult and paediatric dietetics. She has been the Editor of NHD for nine years, steering the editorial content and supporting the production process. Emma currently works in industry.
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Last week was Alcohol Awareness Week (7th July to 13th July); while the focus was on drinking at work, Emma opens up the conversation about the health impact of alcohol and about limiting alcohol consumption.

Read all about it in Emma’s blog ⁠

Read Emma’s blog here – https://www.nhdmag.co.uk/emma-writes-alcohol-awareness

📰 NHD Student Blog 📰Career opportunities outside the NHS for nutrition and dietetics studentsDietitians have many opport...
13/07/2025

📰 NHD Student Blog 📰

Career opportunities outside the NHS for nutrition and dietetics students

Dietitians have many opportunities for a rewarding and diverse career. In this blog, Nat Leeman explores the various career paths available beyond the NHS, including different roles, benefits, and challenges.

Nat Leeman is a student at the University of Surrey.

To read this blog, follow this link - https://www.nhdmag.co.uk/blog/career-opportunities-outside-the-nhs-for-nutrition-and-dietetics-students

Explore more on the NHD student hub, follow this link - https://www.nhdmag.co.uk/student-hub-homepage -hub-latest-content

💡Understanding the Importance of Nutrition after Surgery💡⁠Check out NHD July Article – Understanding the Importance of N...
11/07/2025

💡Understanding the Importance of Nutrition after Surgery💡
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Check out NHD July Article – Understanding the Importance of Nutrition after Surgery by Holly Monday-Jones, RD.⁠

Holly is a Critical Care and Nutrition Support Team Dietitian at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Wales.

In this article, Holly discusses the essential role of nutritional rehabilitation in optimising surgical outcomes and explores why early and targeted nutrition support matters and why it should be a routine and fundamental part of operative care.

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📰 NHD Industry Watch 📰Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and fun...
10/07/2025

📰 NHD Industry Watch 📰

Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report provides an extensive overview of potential safety issues associated with functional foods and food supplements. This includes drug interactions, adulteration, overdose, and toxicity. It uses case studies from scientific research and reports by the media.

The report also investigates the regulatory frameworks across various regions and countries. These frameworks cover core areas of food supplements and functional foods i.e. composition, registration, labelling, classification, claims, showing the differences in regulatory approaches.

View the full report here - ⁠⬇️⬇️⬇️⁠
https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/d822409d-272c-4680-a386-d4fa03227c27

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