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
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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).

Dr Rana Conway has published a second edition of her book ‘What to eat when you’re pregnant: including the A-Z guide of what’s safe and what’s not’, Pearson (1st published August 2008). The latest edition includes the revised guidelines regarding caffeine consumption during pregnancy. It also describes what women should and shouldn’t eat during pregnancy and breastfeeding, as well as providing advice for vegetarian mothers-to-be, tips for handling morning sickness and guidance on achieving a healthy weight gain. Rana has both professional and personal knowledge of the subject. The research she carried out with pregnant women has been published in peer reviewed journals and she has three young children of her own.

‘What to eat when you’re pregnant: including the A-Z guide of what’s safe and what’s not’ is available from: //www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000271017

Fiona Wilcock was invited to write the UK version of the ‘alli diet plan’ after working closely with GSK Consumer Healthcare for 18 months as their nutrition consultant. Alli (orlistat) is a weight loss drug which is used in conjunction with a lower fat, reduced calorie diet and increased activity. Fiona has been working with GSK Europe to ensure culturally and nutritionally appropriate advice and recipes are developed for consumer literature in the different markets. Her involvement led GSK to ask Fiona to write the book which was co-launched with the drug in April. The type of diet which alli users need is a healthy diet based on 30% energy from fat and the 200 recipes in the book which Fiona devised and tested can be used for all the family. Basic information about how to use the drug is provided in the first chapter by GSK, and the remaining dietary information and recipes are based on good basic nutrition and can be used by anyone. All recipes have full dietary analysis and appropriate retail alternatives have been suggested for days when readers don’t want to cook. Menu plans and fat and calorie tables per portion are also provided. The book was given to a group of alli users prior to launch and had very positive feedback, with several users reporting an improvement in the diet of the whole family.

Alison Ludwig’s MSc dissertation has been published (co-author, Professor Jim McKenna) in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. The article is entitled ‘Osteoporotic Caucasian and South Asian Women: a qualitative study of general practitioners’ support’, Vol.128, No.5, p.263-270. An abstract of the article can be found at //rsh.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/128/5/263