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WELCOME This month sees two important awareness weeks, which may have great significance in all of our lives, whether it be at work or within our personal time. Coeliac Awareness Week takes place between 13th and 19th May and I talk a little more about this in our News section on page 6. The other key awareness event this month also takes place on the same dates: Mental Health Awareness Week, with the theme for 2019 being ‘Body Image’, an issue that can affect all of us at any age. During the week, the Mental Health Foundation will be publishing new research, considering some of the reasons why our body image can impact on the way we feel, campaigning for change and publishing practical tools. More information on this event can be found at www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/ mental-health-awareness-week With mental health in mind, our Cover Story from Nikki Brierley focuses on the importance of mental health and wellbeing within the workplace and how the NHS is putting staff wellbeing on their agenda. We also welcome back Emma Berry who explores the relationship between food insecurity, nutrition and mental health. With an ever-increasing ageing and overweight or obese population, the dietitian’s role in primary care will be vital, working towards our profession being a ‘first port of call’ for patients within GP surgeries and clinics. Alice Fletcher outlines her experience of ensuring dietitians are more accessible in the community and looks at the future for dietetics within the community. Knowledge is shared in NHD from all areas of nutrition and dietetics. This issue is no exception. Our clinical article from Rebecca Gasche, provides us with information on short bowel syndrome and how best to manage this condition nutritionally. The Ketogenic Research Dietitians Network share an overview and update of ketogenics over the past 100 years
and also highlight the recent findings of a survey they completed throughout Emma Coates Editor 2017. Moving onto Paediatrics, Farihah Choudhry delves into the mysterious Emma has been a dietitian world of the gut microbiota and discusses registered for 12 years, with the increasing evidence around the effect experience of adult of probiotics on the immune function in and paediatric dietetics. children. ‘Intuitive eating’ (buzz word of the month), and how it applies to a clinical setting is what Jessica English focuses on in this issue. And if that’s not enough, NSPKU Dietitian, Suzanna Ford, along with Dr Ben Green, discusses the current landscape with regards to the PKU ‘diet for life’ in IMD Watch and Gill Hooper provides guidance on a practical food-first approach to nourishment in the elderly living in care homes. Evelyn Newman takes a look at a recent project completed in the Highlands were improvements in the consistency in the rationale for prescribing ONS were achieved. The food-first approach played a major role in this transformation work. If you have important news or Don’t forget this research updates to share with NHD, or May issue is digital would like to send a letter to the Editor, only, so you can please email us at download it from info@networkhealthgroup.co.uk our website or view it We would love to online at any time: hear from you. www.NHDmag.com Emma www.NHDmag.com May 2019 - Issue 144
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THIS IS HUGE After months of coping with the sleepless worry and heartbreaking cries of her cow’s milk allergy, suddenly, a little moment like this doesn’t seem so little after all. • PROVEN EFFICACY Hypoallergenic and has been shown to relieve symptoms 1,2 • PROVEN TO BE WELL TOLERATED 96% of infants tolerated Similac Alimentum 3 • APPROVED FROM BIRTH ONWARDS No need to switch formula at 6 months • BEST VALUE Provides cost savings in the prescribing of EH* formulations4 SIMILAC ALIMENTUM. FOR BIG LITTLE MOMENTS.
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9 F2F INTERVIEW 17 Food insecurity Impact on mental health 19 Community dietetics Is the future looking bright?
24 SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME
35 Intuitive eating Implementation in clinical dietetics 39 IMD watch Challenge of 'diet for life' in PKU
42 FOOD-FIRST APPROACH 46 Social care Prescribing ONS in the HIghlands 48 A day in the life of . . . A diabetes dietitian
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50 Events & courses Dates for your diary 51 Dietitian's life Craving for chocolate
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NEWS CLINICAL COELIAC AWARENESS WEEK 13TH-19TH MAY 2019 Coeliac UK’s annual awareness campaign returns this month. This year the theme focuses on diagnosis awareness, highlighting the need for more people to ask themselves the question: “Is it coeliac disease?” From 13th-19th May 2019, Coeliac UK are asking everyone to share this message and reach out to people who may not be aware that their symptoms could be undiagnosed coeliac disease. Emma Coates Editor Emma has been a registered dietitian for 12 years, with experience of adult and paediatric dietetics.
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How can we all support the campaign Coeliac UK have lots of ways in which you can support this campaign. Here are just a couple of ideas to get you started: • Create a Coeliac UK Awareness Week space, or information point at your workplace. It’s an ideal way to meet and speak to people about coeliac disease, helping to raise awareness and get more people diagnosed. • We all love a bit of cake, so throwing a gluten-free tea party in your local area, department, or hospital is a great way to raise awareness. Coeliac UK have various leaflets and posters available to use at an event like this. You can register for packs on their website: www.coeliac.org.uk/get-involved/coeliac-uk-awarenessweek-2019. Don’t forget to take photos and share them on social media. Raising awareness on social media Over the course of the week, Coeliac UK will have plenty of social media posts. They are calling for everyone to share these posts across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to reach as many people as possible and highlight the symptoms of coeliac disease. If you blog, or write on social media, why not share something this month about coeliac disease? If you are doing anything at all to support the campaign, share with the hashtag #IsItCoeliacDisease Help get people diagnosed Coeliac UK have an online assessment that people can complete to tell them whether they should be tested for coeliac disease. This can be shared on social media (#IsItCoeliacDisease) and you can share the resource by word of mouth too! Whatever you can do to join in this month’s campaign, you will be helping to reach more people who need to know that their symptoms could be undiagnosed coeliac disease. Campaign packs are available and you can register for one at www.coeliac.org. uk/get-involved/coeliac-uk-awareness-week-2019
UPDATE ON ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS FOR PRODUCTS HIGH IN FAT, SALT AND SUGAR (HFSS) Further to our News report in the February issue on the government’s open consultation on restricting the promotion of HFSS foods in a bid to reduce childhood obesity, they are now asking for views on two documents: the consultation document outlining their proposals and the impact assessment considering what the costs to businesses and health benefits would be. Have your say by visiting: www.gov.uk/ government/consultations/further-advertisingrestrictions-for-products-high-in-fat-salt-and-sugar The consultation is open until 10th June 2019. 6
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NEWS INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON CARE RECEIVED BY OBESE PATIENTS A new international survey, the largest of its kind, shows that 8 in 10 people with obesity believe it is their sole responsibility to lose weight. The study also found that people wait six years after initial weight loss struggles before speaking to their healthcare professional (HCP). ACTION IO (Awareness, Care, and Treatment In Obesity MaNagement – an International Observation), surveyed over 14,500 people with obesity and nearly 2800 HCPs from 11 countries in five continents. The objectives of the ACTION IO survey were to identify perceptions, attitudes, behaviours and potential barriers to effective obesity care. Results from the survey highlight that: • 71% of HCPs in the survey believe that obese patients are not interested in losing weight, while only 7% of those who are obese said they are not interested, illustrating a clear gap in perception regarding interest to lose weight; • 81% of people surveyed had made at least one serious weight-loss effort in the past, while HCPs believe only 35% of their patients had done so. ACTION IO has been published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Today, Monday 29 April. www.onlinelibrary.wiley. com/doi/10.1111/dom.13752
COCHRANE REVIEW - THE EFFECT OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE By Manu5 - www.scientificanimations.com FOR WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a very common condition affecting 8%-13% of women. Being overweight worsens all clinical features of PCOS. The condition affects quality of life and can worsen anxiety and depression either due to its symptoms or due to the diagnosis of a chronic disease. The Cochrane review considered evidence from a variety of studies on the effects of lifestyle interventions on reproductive, anthropometric (body measurement), metabolic and quality of life outcomes in women with PCOS. The review concludes that lifestyle interventions may improve the free androgen index (FAI), weight and BMI in women with PCOS, but the effect of lifestyle intervention on glucose tolerance in uncertain. The benefits of diet and exercise for weight loss have been demonstrated in women with PCOS in low-quality studies, but this remains to be confirmed in higher-quality studies. The review recommends that the effect of various intervention characteristics, including intervention type, duration, intensity and other aspects of implementation on various outcomes should be considered in future trials. Read the full review here: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/ doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007506.pub4/full
The Ketogenic Dietitians Research Network is a group of paediatric and adult ketogenic dietitians and researchers. The aims of the group are to: • provide a support network for dietitians to undertake ketogenic diet (KD)-related research; • share practice and research ideas between ketogenic centres; • seek funded research time for dietetic-led projects; • promote evidence-based practice by publishing results from our projects, and through sharing and review of relevant journal articles. If you are a dietitian or dietetic support worker working in ketogenic-related clinical practice, academia or industry and are interested in joining the group, or collaborating with us, we would love to hear from you! We also offer Associate Membership for dietitians not currently practicing in ketogenics and for other healthcare professionals. Please contact Dr Natasha Schoeler: n.schoeler@ucl.ac.uk. www.NHDmag.com May 2019 - Issue 144
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Call for Research Reviews from NHD and British Lion eggs Network Health Digest (NHD) and British Lion eggs surveyed readers earlier this year about eggs and found that there’s still much about this nutrient-packed food that healthcare professionals are unclear about. To help educate your peers, we would like your original research reviews on the role of eggs in the diet. We are looking for fully referenced articles discussing two key themes: 1. Understanding the fat content and calories in eggs, as well as additional nutritional benefits they offer. 2. Egg safety, especially in relation to babies and older people, and allergy. The best article will be published in NHD later this year and the winning author will
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