Food & Nutrition

There is evidence of widespread use by parents of alternative treatments for treating and improving symptoms in children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs), and these are generally perceived as risk…

Older people are particularly at risk of not drinking enough fluid, which can lead to dehydration. This is linked with a number of adverse health outcomes including poor wound healing,…

Commissioners – 35% individuals admitted to your care homes are at risk of malnutrition NHS England has issued new guidance, Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration, to raise awareness of the…

We have written frequently on nutrition and dementia in previous blogs, but we haven’t touched so much on another prevalent health issue with regards to cognitive health, that of depression.…

Some of us may still remember the slogan in the war ‘Carrots keep you healthy and help you see in the blackout.’ Government propaganda suggested that beta-carotene (or vitamin A)…

Headlines this week suggesting that meat is as dangerous as cigarettes or asbestos were highly misleading. The press’s interest followed the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) evaluation on…

nutritionDay is a worldwide annual benchmarking initiative for all types of hospital wards and nursing homes. It aims to improve knowledge and awareness of malnutrition in health care facilities, and…

Readers of this blog will appreciate the concern around prevalence of malnutrition and dehydration in older adults, and that much of the regulation around care home nutrition focusses on prevention…