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News about our
members
We aim to add here brief news bulletins
on members' achievements and activities to provide a flavour of the
broad influence SENSE members have in the nutrition field.
For
further information on any of these bulletins, please contact the SENSE
member directly via our meet the members'
page. If members wish to add a news item to the list they can fill in a
form in the members area.
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Jane Griffin has
just had her third book published "Food for Rugby" with a
foreword by Keith Wood. Her publisher is The Crowood Press
who published her previous books "Food for Sport" in 2001 and
"Nutrition for Marathon Running" in 2005. All books can be
obtained from the publishers (www.crowood.com),
Amazon or bookshops. |
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Dr Michele Sadler is
Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (1st
Edition), published in 3 volumes by Academic Press in 1998. |
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Chris Hawkins, Secretary to SENSE,
received the MBE in the December 2004 Honours List, for services to the
Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO). Like the ASO Chris
provides invaluable support to SENSE and SENSE members agree this honour
is well deserved. |
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Gaynor Bussell has written a
chapter in a book titled "Improving the Labelling of the Salt
Content of Foods" in "Reducing Salt and other Sodium Sources in
Food Products: product strategies" (with co-author M. Hunt).
Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Cambridge ISBN: 13: 978-1-84569-018-2. |
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Published February
2007 |
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Dr Margaret Ashwell
received the OBE in 1995 for services to the Food Advisory
Committee. |
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Ms Sigi Gibson has
contributed significantly to the development of SENSE as a
founding SENSE committee member, serving as programme
coordinator from March 2004 to March 2007. Both prior to
becoming programme coordinator and during this appointment, Sigi
has coordinated numerous successful and informative meetings for
members on a twice yearly basis. The SENSE members are
particularly grateful to Sigi for her professionalism and
technological skills! |
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Ms Fiona Wilcock has
served as a SENSE committee member from September 2002 to March
2007. Fiona took on the role of factsheet coordinator,
which has entailed updating and amalgamating factsheets written
by various members over time, as well as originating and
coordinating development of new fact sheets on a range of topics
for the benefit of the membership. The SENSE members are
extremely grateful to Fiona for her generous contribution and
overall professionalism. |
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Judy More has worked
with the Department of Health to procure 2 low cost vitamin D
supplements to support the DH recommendation for vitamin D
supplementation during pregnancy, breastfeeding, infants and
children under 5 years and the elderly.
Further information on Healthy
Start vitamins for women and Healthy Start
Children's vitamin drops can be found at:
http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=1&n2=8&n3=95&n4=97
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Both supplements
were available from March 2007 |
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