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NICE GUIDELINE (NG28) TYPE 2 DIABETES IN ADULTS: MANAGEMENT Published Dec 2015. Updated May 2017. This guideline covers the care and management of Type 2 diabetes in adults (aged 18 and over). It focuses on patient education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels and identifying and managing long-term complications. Updates include: 1. additional text on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors to the section on initial drug treatment; 2. updated version of the algorithm for blood glucose lowering therapy in adults with Type 2 diabetes; 3. additional new information on SGLT-2 inhibitors when metformin is contraindicated or not tolerated. The full guideline can be viewed at www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28
SUGAR REDUCTION: ACHIEVING THE 20% - REPORT Published 30th March 2017. This report sets out guidelines for all sectors of the food industry on how to achieve a 20% sugar reduction across the top nine categories of food that contribute most to intakes of children up to the age of 18 years. The guidelines for each food category detailed in this report include: • overall levels of sugar per 100g of products needed to achieve the 5% and 20% reductions; • average and maximum calorie or portion size guidelines for products likely to be consumed by an individual at one time. To download the report visit www.gov.uk/ government/publications/sugar-reductionachieving-the-20
SCIENCE FEST! - PINT OF SCIENCE Bringing science to the masses is a tall order, but universities across the UK, including King’s College, London, University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Glasgow have made some great strides in doing just that. Pubs have become a new venue to talk about science! The festival is now in its fourth year and the Pint of Science festival hosts academics from leading universities. Plenty of academics contributed this year in pubs and other venues to talk about their research in an engaging and accessible way. The festival took place in May over three days in 27 cities across the UK, with over 35 universities taking part. A variety of themes were included: ‘Beautiful Mind’, ‘Atoms to Galaxies’, ‘Our Body’, ‘Planet Earth’, ‘Tech Me Out’ and ‘Our Society’. If you managed to get to one of the sessions why not get in touch and tell us more about it? Alternatively, this could be a festival to keep an eye out for next year and beyond. Read more at www.pintofscience.co.uk/
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