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Malnutrition is common in all types of care homes and hospitals, all types of wards and diagnostic categories. Nearly three million people in the UK at any one time are…

Nutrition research in diet and breast cancer has typically focussed on cancer prevention, but now studies are also looking at the links between diet and cancer survival. Breast cancer survivors…

Around one per cent of the population in the UK have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other…

A new article in this month’s NHD Dietitian’s magazine highlighted a newly defined mental health and eating disorder – functional dysphagia. Health and social care professionals may be used to…

After topping the chart for Britain’s favourite dish for over a decade it seems the popularity of chicken tikka masala has finally taken a hit. It does not even appear…

Sarcopenia is common, and is a global, socio-economic, healthcare problem. But what is it? What is sarcopenia? Derived from the Greek words sarx (flesh) and penia (loss), sarcopenia, the loss…

Does the term ‘chocoholic’ have some scientific basis? Can we develop food cravings and addiction to substances in foods? Is sugar the new cocaine? There has been major debate over…

Long chain omega-3 fatty acids are primarily found in oily fish – like mackerel, pilchards, salmon, sardines, trout – but can also be obtained through supplements. Two studies published this…