- Welcome – Michele Sadler, SENSE Programme Co-ordinator
- Regulatory update – where are we now? – Nino Binns, Consultant in Nutrition and Food Regulation
- Industry response – nutrition claims vs health claims – Janice Harland, Harland Hall Associates
- Enforcement issues – Corinne Lowe, Trading Standards Institute
- Round table discussion
- Consumer understanding of health claims –
NEXT MEETING:
Nutrition Hot Topics
Tuesday 12th September 2023 (via Zoom)
Welcome and Introductions – Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Founder and Chair of SENSE
Translating Personalised Nutrition into Practice – Dr. Leta Pilic
Sweeteners – An Update – Dr. Anna Wittekind
The ins and outs of Linked In – maximising reach and engagement for freelancers – Laura Rockett
Introducing the new fact sheets – Kaydee Shepherd (Rates of Pay and Social Media fact sheets); Larysa Owen: (Accountancy and Contracts fact sheets); Octavia Fineman(Tips for Freelancers plus 2 new fact sheets: Health Claims and Natasha’s Law)
Member’s Spotlight – Laura Wyness Spotlight on: writing her recent book, Eating Well for the Menopause. The why, how, challenges and opportunities of book writing
Social Media and Low Calorie Sweeteners
- Welcome – Anne de la Hunty – SENSE Programme Co-ordinator
- An introduction to social media – Ric Marshall-Nicholls, Zone (Digital Agency)
- Social media case study – An example from the British Dietetic Association – Azmina Govindji, Freelance Dietitian
- Sweeteners overview – Helen Munday,
» Read more about: Social Media and Low Calorie Sweeteners »
New Developments in Food Allergy
- Introduction and Welcome – Ms Anne de la Hunty SENSE Programmes Secretary
- The economic cost and the impact on quality of life associated with food allergies – Dr Clare Mills – Institute of Food Research, Norwich and EuroPrevall coordinator
- Preventing and reversing food allergy in young children –
Tailoring your message to your audience – good communication practices
- Communicating with the media – Sara Stanner, British Nutrition Foundation
- Communicating with Key Opinion Leaders – Connie Hersch, Danone and Prof Tom Saunders, King’s College London
- Communicating with Health Professionals – Kate Arthur, Alpro
- DH policy on nutrition and the responsibility deal –
» Read more about: Tailoring your message to your audience – good communication practices »
The Nuts and Bolts of Practising as a Freelance Nutritionist
- New requirements for the Registration and Regulation of Nutritionists – Richard Denyer, CE, Association for Nutrition
- The First Results from the rolling National Diet and Nutrition Survey – Gillian Swan, Food Standards Agency
- Demonstration of Diet Plan 6 – a dietary analysis programme by Sue Lloyd,
» Read more about: The Nuts and Bolts of Practising as a Freelance Nutritionist »
Health Inequalities and Dietary Behavioural Change
- Light drinking during pregnancy – still no increased risk of developmental difficulties at 5 years of age? – Dr Yvonne Kelly, University College London
- Know your rotlis from your rotis: learnings from the Ismaili Nutrition Centre, British Heart Foundation Social Cooking Project and Change4Life Black Minority Ethnic initiatives –
» Read more about: Health Inequalities and Dietary Behavioural Change »
Nutrition and Health Claims
- Introduction to Nutrition and Health Claims – Helen McDermott – Food and Drink Federation
- Update from the Food Standards Agency – Vivien Lund – Food Standards Agency
- Update from European Food Safety Authority – Professor Sean Strain – University of Ulster
- Top tips for dossier submissions –
Early Years Nutrition – an update on some current issues
- The weaning recommendations – are they working? – Julie Lanigan – UCL Institute of Child Health, London
- To eat or not to eat – new advice on preventing peanut allergy – Ruth Trowell – lead dietitian on LEAP study, KCL and Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
- What are European toddlers eating?
» Read more about: Early Years Nutrition – an update on some current issues »
Diet and Cancer – the World Cancer Research Fund Report
- The Second Report of the World Cancer Research Fund on Diet and Cancer – Professor Martin Wiseman, WCRF
- Red meat, haem and colo-rectal cancer – Dr Joanne Lunn, British Nutrition Foundation
- Diet, IGF and cancer – the role of early life factors – Dr Pauline Emmett,
» Read more about: Diet and Cancer – the World Cancer Research Fund Report »
Food at School and Work
- Health in the Workplace (Fit Bug) – Laura Tilt
- Business action on health and let’s get cooking (BITC) – Vanessa Strauss and Grace Mehanna
- A holistic approach to food culture in schools (The Food for Life Partnership Project) – Joe Harvey
- Delivering the new food standards,