Useful Web Links
This page contains links to web sites which may be useful for dietitians and for individuals and organisations interested in food, nutrition and diet. We do not link to product suppliers or engage in reciprocal link arrangements.
While the web sites listed below are thought to be of interest to visitors to this site, no responsibility can be taken by the BDA for their content or validity.
If you try visiting any of the linked sites below and cannot gain access, or if you feel that the web site should not be listed on this page, please email the Web Communications Officer, and we will review the link.
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- Age UK.
- Allergy Show.
- Alliance for Health Professionals.
- Allied Health Professions Federation.
- Alzheimer's Research Forum.
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association).
- Association for Nutrition.
- Association for the Study of Obesity.
- Australian Nutrition Foundation.
- Australian dietitians: Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA).
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- BAPEN: the British Association for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition. BAPEN is a charitable association that raises awareness of malnutrition and works to advance the nutritional care of patients and those at risk from malnutrition in the wider community.
- British Association of Perinatal Medicine.
- British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
- British Geriatrics Society. The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is a professional association of doctors practising geriatric medicine, old age psychiatrists, general practitioners, nurses, dietitians, therapists, scientists and others with a particular interest in the medical care of older people and in promoting better health in old age.
- British Heart Foundation.
- British Medical Journal.
- British Nutrition Foundation.
- Breastfeeding Manifesto coalition – a partnership of organisations working to improve awareness of the health benefits of breastfeeding and its role in reducing health inequalities.
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- Canada: Dietitians of Canada.
- Care Quality Commission: checks all hospitals in England to ensure they are meeting national standards, and share their findings with the public.
- Career Choices (BDA site containing jobs for dietitians).
- Children’s Food Campaign wants to improve young people’s health and wellbeing through good food and real food education in school, protecting children from junk food marketing and clear labelling that everyone including children can understand. The BDA is a supporter of this campaign.
- CME on Diabetes is a website built to transmit top-level CME conferences given by international experts in endocrinology, insulin resistance, prediabetes, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
- The Coeliac UK website has a dedicated area of up-to-date, referenced information for health care professionals working with patients with coeliac disease.
- Cool Food Planet is an educational website where children, aged 6-12 years, can learn about health, nutrition and food safety. Educating children about nutrition is one of the most important steps towards good health and helping them to grow to their potential.
Cool Food Planet is a product of the European Food Information Council (EUFIC). EUFIC is a non-profit organisation which provides science-based information on food safety and quality and health and nutrition in a way that promotes consumer understanding. - CORE: fighting gut and liver disease.
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- Dementia Services Development Centre at Stirling University
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department of Health
- Diabetes UK
- NHS Diabetes.
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Dietitians in Obesity Management UK (DOM UK) - a specialist group of the British Dietetic Association.
- Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA)
- Dietitians of Canada
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- European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD)
- European Parkinson's Disease Association.
- European Hydration Institute.
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- Food and Drink Federation: representing the UK's biggest manufacturing sector.
- Food and Nutrition Information Center: U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Food Standards Agency.
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- General Medical Council. The GMC registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK. Our purpose is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.
- GlycosMedia: an international diabetes news service from the UK.
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- Health and Care Professions Council regulates the following professions: arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists / podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, hearing aid dispensers, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists / orthotists, radiographers, social workers in England and speech and language therapists.
All of these professions have at least one professional title that is protected by law, including those shown above. This means, for example, that anyone using the titles 'physiotherapist' or 'dietitian' must be registered with us. It is a criminal offence for someone to claim that they are registered with us when they are not, or to use a protected title that they are not entitled to use. - Health Scotland: NHS Scotland's health improvement agency
- Healthy Living Scotland.
- Heart UK: the Nation’s Cholesterol Charity.
- National Heart Forum. The NHF is a charitable alliance of 65 national organisations working to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and related conditions such as stroke, diabetes and cancer. Our purpose is to co-ordinate public health policy development and advocacy among members drawn from professional representative bodies, consumer groups, voluntary and public sector organisations.
- Hydration for Health: a Danone-sponsored website with content for health professionals and members of the public.
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- Infant and Toddler Forum: expert advice on infant feeding.
- International Confederation of Dietetic Associations.
- International Food Information Council (IFIC).
- International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids.
- Ismaili Nutrition Centre: a guide to traditional foods of African, Central and South Asian, and Middle Eastern origin.
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- The Knowledge Network is a major electronic library available to all NHS staff in Scotland and a range of NHS partners. It provides evidence, information, e-learning and community tools
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- The Lancet.
- Love Food Hate Waste: English site and Scottish site.
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- MIND: the mental health charity.
- Mind the Hunger Gap: the BDA's malnutrition among the elderly campaign.
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- New Scientist.
- New Zealand Dietetic Association.
- NHS Choices: food advice.
Nutrition and Diet Resources UK (NDR-UK). Sevearl BDA specialist groups publish their resources through NDR-UK.- Nutrition Society.
- Nutritionists in Industry aims to raise the profile of nutritionists and dietitians working in the food industry.
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- Older People Care (EOPC) is a continually updated source of current best evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews which relate to the health care of older people. The data is maintained by NHS Scotland.
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- PCOS UK is the multidisciplinary society for healthcare professionals caring for women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
- Probiotics in Practice – HCP website from Danone.
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- Royal Society for Public Health: independent, multi-disciplinary organisation, dedicated to the promotion and protection of collective human health and well-being.
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- Dairy Co talking to schools and consumers.
- School Food Trust.
- Stroke Forum: a coalition of over 30 organisations committed to improving stroke care in the UK.
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- Teen Weightwise (a BDA web site)
- Think Vegetables
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- USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion: works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.
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Weight Wise healthy eating (a BDA web site). - World Cancer Research Fund (UK).
- World Health Organisation.
- WRVS volunteers aim to support older people to get more out of life. More than 40,000 volunteers enable WRVS to run local services to support older people in communities all across Great Britain.
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updated 25-Feb-2013