Patrick Ladbury – former Director of the National Social Marketing Centre – looks at the impact of lockdown on eating habits. Obesity, arguably the greatest health concern of our generation – aside from the obvious COVID-19 – has been elevated in the spotlight once again by comments from Prime Minister Boris Johnson who attributes…
One nightmare scenario would be if we all get to the end of lockdown with our sanity but then find that we are too fat to get out of the door! In this short essay I am not professing to have found the solution to weight control. That is the Holy Grail of the dieting…
Rick Wilson – Director of Nutrition and Dietetics at Kings College Hospital for 30 years up to his retirement in 2015, BSc. RD (retired) – looks at some of the considerations and challenges of eating a plant-based diet to benefit the planet. There is no doubt that our diet and the food and agriculture systems…
Meningitis Research Foundation has been working with Say Communications to help boost our public consultation on a Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis. But with over 100 experts providing detailed information on the draft roadmap, why is a public consultation so vital for patient outcomes? It is our view that involving patients and the public at the…
The BBC’s EastEnders and Channel 5’s Neighbours are featuring ovarian cancer storylines. We recently saw the death of Sonya Rebecchi, one of the lead characters in Neighbours, from the disease. Last week saw Jean Slater being diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer on EastEnders. But what does this mainstream representation of ovarian cancer mean for…