BDA News
5th July 2011
Check Your Food Facts during Childhood Obesity Week
During Childhood Obesity Week (4-10 July 2011), the British Dietetic Association (BDA) is inviting members of the public to access their Food Factsheets for tips and advice on health eating for children.
The BDA Food Factsheets are all written by registered dietitians.
Registered dietitians are the only qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems at an individual and wider public health level. They are the only nutrition professional to be statutorily regulated and governed by an ethical code to ensure that they always work to the highest standard.
The BDA Food Factsheets can be accessed by logging on to www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts. Members of the public are welcome to download the factsheets and print copies for others.
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Notes to the Editor:
- Visit the BDA website at www.bda.uk.com.
- The British Dietetic Association, founded in 1936, is the professional association for registered dietitians in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is the nation’s largest organisation of food and nutrition professionals with over 6,000 members.
- Registered dietitians are the only qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems at an individual and wider public health level. Uniquely, dietitians use the most up to date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease, which they translate into practical guidance to enable people to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices.
- Dietitians are the only nutrition professionals to be statutorily regulated, and governed by an ethical code, to ensure that they always work to the highest standard. Dietitians work in the NHS, private practice, industry, education, research, sport, media, public relations, publishing, Non Government Organisations and government. Their advice influences food and health policy across the spectrum from government, local communities and individuals.