October 2023 - Crouse et al

Jenifer Crouse presents the findings from her paper entitled Electronic health record time-tracking provides real-time data to measure and benchmark dietitian productivity. The use of an electronic health record can be a useful tool in the planning of dietetic staffing and workloads.

August 2023 - Mulrooney et al

Food insecurity is on the rise in the UK due to complex political factors. Existing food distribution models are recognised as stigmatizing to their users. This has prompted a rapid evolution of social supermarkets, which seek to give users access to low cost food and minimise food waste. Dr Hilda Mulrooney presents an overview of "Social supermarkets, nutritional implications and healthy eating: exploration of members and their views".

July 2023 - Costas et al



Cristian Costas-Batlle presents the latest findings from "A dietitian-led coeliac service helps to identify and reduce involuntary gluten ingestion with subsequent reduction in the frequency of repeat endoscopies". A dietitian-led coeliac clinic improved gluten-free diet adherence, which resulted in a consequent reduction in the frequency of endoscopies with repeat duodenal biopsies.

May 2023 - Moura et al

Andreia Moura discusses 'Spicing up food interactions: Development of a healthy food education activity targeting fathers and their young children', which is a study that explores the role of fathers in enhancing chidren's acceptance of healthy eating. Participation of children and fathers in a four-week intervention resulted in positive changes to family diets. 

May 2023 - Hilbrands et al

Jana Hilbrands summarises the findings of 'Evaluation of an electronic medical record−based Paediatric Nutrition Screening Tool', a study which describes a nutrition screening tool embedded into electronic medical records as a means to enhance nutrition care in children's hospitals.

March 2023 - Cave et al

Residential care homes represent an important but difficult to access setting for research in nutrition and dietetics. Danielle Cave discusses her recent qualitative study, The challenges facing residential aged care homes to participate in quality food and nutrition research, which explores barriers to research in this sector in Australia.

March 2023 - Cortes et al

Handgrip strength is a widely used tool for nutritional assessment in clinical settings and may have utility in predicting clinical outcomes in advanced chronic liver disease. Handgrip strength is associated with 12 months survival in male patients suffering with advanced chronic liver disease, describes the determination of handgrip strength reference values against clinical outcomes.

Lara Santos da Silva presents findings from 'Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain and child weight during the first 2 years of life in an Amazonian birth cohort'. Data from the study suggest that pre-pregnancy BMI and excessive gestational weight gain were associated with higher child BMI to age 2 years.

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