Postnatal High Protein Intake Can Contribute to Accelerated Weight Gain of Infants and Increased Obesity Risk Haschke F, Grathwohl D, Detzel P, Steenhout P, Wagemans N, Erdmann P. Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser 2016 85:101-9. Epub 2016 Apr 18. Haschke et al have undertaken an updated meta-analysis (n = 1,150) indicating that infants fed a… Read More

Following today’s (17 March 2016) launch of the new Eatwell Guide by Public Health England (PHE), a healthy diet should now include more fruit, vegetables and starchy carbohydrates and have fewer sugary foods and drinks. The new Eatwell Guide shows the revised proportions of the food groups that help us meet official advice and nutrient… Read More

NICE has issued a quality standard on Nutrition:improving maternal and child health with particular focus on low income and other disadvantaged households. The quality standards aim to drive measurable improvements in various areas including healthy eating in pregnancy, post natal weight loss if BMI>30, information on the healthy start scheme and food vouchers, breastfeeding and… Read More

In a systematic review of the associations between intake of saturated fat and trans unsaturated fat and all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated mortality, coronary heart disease (CHD) and associated mortality, ischemic stroke, and type 2 diabetes, researchers found that there are no associations with saturated fat intakes. Trans fats, however, were found to be… Read More

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has published its draft report on Vitamin D and Health on 22nd July 2015 for public consultation. There are two sources of vitamin D; exposure to sunlight (skin synthesis) and the diet. However, there are few naturally rich food sources of vitamin D so skin synthesis is the… Read More

28 Jul 2015 A new study, published today in eLife, has shown that women may not need to ‘eat for two’ during pregnancy because the body could adapt to absorb more energy from the same amount of food. The findings may also help to explain why some women struggle to lose weight after giving birth…. Read More

In particular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages should be minimised. SACN advises more fibre in diet by having more fruit and vegetables and wholegrain foods. Starchy carbohydrates should still form basis of your diet. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) advised the government to halve the recommended intake of free sugars to help address the… Read More

Sugar sweetened drinks may give rise to nearly 2 million diabetes cases over 10 years in the US and 80,000 in the UK. Regular consumption of sugar sweetened drinks is positively associated with type 2 diabetes independent of obesity status, finds an MRC-funded study published in The BMJ this week. Artificially sweetened drinks and fruit juice… Read More

10 Jun 2015 Scientists have shown for the first time that a mother’s environment before and around the time of conception, a period known as periconception, could permanently change the function of a gene influencing immunity and cancer risk in her child. Diet is likely to play a role in this process, according to the… Read More