BDA Publications and Resources

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• Annual Report, Strategic Plan and Accounts.
• BDA History: the third 25 years, published January 2012.
• Code of Professional Conduct (published 2008). In the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of diet and nutrition problems, dietitians have a responsibility to act in a professional and ethical manner. The Code of Professional Conduct provides a governance framework to ensure the accountability of dietitians who work in the interest of public safety at all times.
• Council of Europe Food and Nutritional Care in Hospitals: poster of the 10 Key Characteristics of good
  nutritional care in hospitals (October 2007).
• Delivering Nutritional Care through Food and Beverage Services: full version (Dec 2007) and Executive Summary.
• Dietetics Today.
• Dietitian? Nutritionist? Nutrition Therapist? Diet Expert? (April 2010)
  The BDA has published a leaflet to explain to the public exactly what differences there are between dietitians, nutritionists and nutritional therapists.
  Please feel free to download the leaflet and use wherever you think it is useful.
  If you would like to order some printed copies for your own group to distribute, or you want to suggest any areas where you think there may be a specific audience for these, please e-mail publications@bda.uk.com and we will be in touch with further information. 
• Dietitians working to improve public health through nutrition: this leaflet serves to demonstrate the range and variety of work that dietitians are involved in within the field of public health. (January 2008).
• Dietitians working to improve public health through nutrition: this leaflet serves to demonstrate the range and variety of work that dietitians are involved in within the field of public health in Northern Ireland. (December 2008).
• Evidence Based Dietetic Guidelines: Protein Requirements Of Adults on Haemodialysis And Peritoneal Dialysis, Executive Summary, BDA Renal Nutrition Group.
• Food Fact sheets.
• Key Facts Flyers: information sheets designed to raise the profile of dietitians and highlight their varied roles in different speciality areas (new Summer 2011).
• Information Standard.
• Irritable bowel syndrome and diet resource (NICE & BDA).
• Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics (link to publisher Wiley site).
• Manual of Dietetic Practice (4th edition) and Clinical Paediatric Dietetics (3rd edition).
• Best practice guideline for dietitians on the management of Parkinson's:
  Guidelines for dietitians working with people with Parkinson's - produced by the British Dietetics Association in association with Parkinson's UK.
• Professional Consensus Statements.
• Trust a Dietitian. Highlighted in this paper are just a few of the roles and services that use the skills of a dietitian.  Whether you want to know about a new super food, or how nutritional intake will affect your patients' care plan; whether you need to deliver local strategy or redesign whole services; you can trust a dietitian to know about nutrition! (December 2007).
• Want a career as a dietitian?, including an outline of the different roles dietitians have in their employment.

BDA Specalist Group Published Resources

• Nutrition Advisory Group for Elderly People resources: NDR-UK is managing all the NAGE Group's resources and customers should visit the NDR-UK website for details and up-to-date order forms.
• Paediatric leaflets:NDR-UK is managing all the Paediatric Group's resources and customers should visit the NDR-UK website to view samples of the resources and to download up-to-date order forms.
• Paediatric Group: Specialised Infant Formulas for Cow’s Milk Intolerance Malabsorption Syndromes.
• Paediatric Group Position Statement: Use of Infant Formulas based on Soy Protein for Infants.
• UK Heart health & Thoracic Group: Omega-3 leaflet.

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