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.

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.
   

 

Dr Michele Sadler is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (1st Edition), published in 3 volumes by Academic Press in 1998.
   

 

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.
   

 

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.
  Published February 2007

 

Gaynor Bussell has written a book which is a guide on diet and health to help women overcome the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Managing-PCOS-Dummies-Gaynor-Bussell/dp/0470057947/sr=1-1/qid=1169068615/ref=sr_1_1/026-2497379-4425255?ie=UTF8&s=books

  Published 23rd March 2007

 

Dr Margaret Ashwell received the OBE in 1995 for services to the Food Advisory Committee.
   

 

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!
   

 

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.
   

 

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

  Both supplements were  available from March 2007