SENSE’s founder and chair, Dr Margaret Ashwell OBE was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science for services to nutrition by the University of Westminster in 2018. The award was made at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Margaret was delighted the day coincided with the day the RAF had their Centenary flypast up the Thames and so she and her guests got a superb view from the RFH balcony.

Margaret has so many achievements as a result of her varied and distinguished career to date, having worked for the MRC, The Consumer’s Association, BNF, Good Housekeeping Institute, held a string of honorary positions and is currently President of the Association for Nutrition. To read more about Margaret, see fellow Sense member, Ursula Arens’ illuminating Face to Face article in NHD (see page 44): https://issuu.com/nhpublishingltd/docs/issue_140_digital?e=14357770/66303822

Ms Fiona Wilcock is a contributory author to the book “The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book” which has been published by Dorling Kindersley (D&K). She is the author on the nutrition and food content of the book and has provided comment on any dietary related material. The book provides a comprehensive look at every week of pregnancy, from early foetal development to how hormones prepare you for birth. The book also breaks down the 12 hours post delivery with an hour-by-hour account and the day-by-day format for the first two weeks of life with a newborn baby.

Read more: https://www.dk.com/uk/9780241312810-the-day-by-day-pregnancy-book

Dr Michele Sadler has authored a review “Dried Fruit and Dental Health” which was published online in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition on 14th July 2016. Classed as ‘Gap Bridging Research’ the paper reviews existing studies that have investigated the effect of dried fruit on dental health, and considers new research that is needed to increase scientific knowledge in this area. The review highlights the paucity of currently available data and the poor quality of the existing research, and concludes that it is premature to give evidence-based advice on the unsuitability of dried fruits as a snack on the basis of dental health outcomes.

Dried fruit and dental health
Michele Jeanne Sadler
To cite this article: Michele Jeanne Sadler (2016): Dried and dental health, International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, DOI:
10.1080/09637486.2016.1207061
To link to this article: //dx.doi.org/10.1080/09637486.2016.1207061

Following SENSE’s very successful 20th anniversary meeting: 20 Years Back – 20 Years Forward, a paper has been written and published in the Nutrition Bulletin:

Nutrition Bulletin
© British Nutrition Foundation

Volume 41, Issue 2 Pages 99 – 190, June 2016
//onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

The presentations from the event are available on the members’ area of the SENSE website – //www.sense-nutrition.org.uk/index.htm and an outline of the programme can be seen on the meetings’ page of the SENSE website – //www.sense-nutrition.org.uk/recent.htm

Dr Margaret Ashwell said that ‘protecting the public and championing nutrition professionals who meet the high standards required to be Registered Nutritionists is (her) foremost priority as President for the Association for Nutrition (AfN).’

To read the full AfN press release: //www.associationfornutrition.org/Portals/0/Public/News&Events/AfN%20Press%20Release%207th%20December%202015%20-%20AfN%20Announces%20new%20President.pdf

For more information about AfN: //www.associationfornutrition.org/default.aspx?tabid=71

In June 2015, Dr Margaret Ashwell OBE was appointed as a Senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School, City University London. This followed several years of collaboration with the Actuarial Department on the importance of waist-height ratio in determining life expectancy. For more on Waist-height ratio: //journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0103483

Susan Church is a co-author of the seventh summary edition of McCance & Widdowson’s The Composition of Foods. This edition includes new analytical data on key foods, including eggs, fish and fruit and vegetables. Values for processed foods have also been updated to reflect changes resulting from health policy and recent industry initiatives on reformulations. The full reference is: Finglas P.M., Roe M.A., Pinchen H.M., Berry R., Church S.M., Dodhia S K., Farron-Wilson M. & Swan G. (2014) McCance and Widdowson’s The Composition of Foods, Seventh Summary Edition.

Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN: 978-1-84973-636-7

Dr Michele Sadler has edited a book (Volume 1) on the topic of Authorised EU Health Claims, published by Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Chapters cover permitted disease risk reduction claims, children’s claims, claims and general function claims including those for vitamins and minerals, and foods such as walnuts, meat and fish. The intended readership is health professionals, R&D managers and technical managers in the food, beverage and dietary supplements industry, product development managers, and academic researchers in the field. Book Title: Food, nutrients and food ingredients with authorised EU health claims, Editor: Michele Sadler. PAGES: c. 410; ISBN 978-0-85709-842-9. Meanwhile, Volume 2 is underway!

Dr Michele Sadler has written a Concise Monograph for ILSI Europe, entitled “Food, Glycaemic Response and Health” (© 2011 ILSI Europe). It is available as a pdf on the following link:
//www.ilsi.org/Europe/Documents/Glycaemic Response 2011.pdf

Rana Conway has co-authored a chapter titled ‘Vegetarians and vegans during pregnancy and lactation’ (along with Dr Adrienne Cullum) for ‘Maternal-fetal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation’ edited by Michael E. Symonds and Margaret M. Ramsay, Cambridge University Press (2010).