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Diet and COVID-19

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Dr Sarah Berry, Reader in Nutritional Sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London and Elaine Anderson, Registered Dietitian (Freelance and NHS), discuss:

  • How has the pandemic disrupted our dietary habits and lifestyle?
  • How is diet related to COVID risk and severity?
  • What can help, from a nutritional perspective, to manage Long Covid-related symptoms?
  • Is there a specific diet or supplement that can help recovery?

About the speakers

Dr Sarah Berry

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Dr Sarah Berry is a Reader in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London. Her research interests relate to the influence of dietary components on markers of cardiovascular disease risk, with a particular focus on precision nutrition.

Sarah is the lead nutritional scientist on the PREDICT programme, assessing the genetic, metabolic, metagenomic, and meal-dependent effects on metabolic responses to food in >3,000 individuals in the UK and US.

She is also lead of the Diet and Lifestyle Survey in the COVID Symptom Study, with diet and lifestyle data on 1.1 million people pre- and during the pandemic.

Elaine Anderson

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Elaine has been a dietitian for over 12 years and has experience in a variety of areas including neurorehabilitation, gastroenterology, oncology, mental health and palliative care.

She is currently living with Long Covid and has first-hand experience of the challenges and symptoms faced by those who have the condition.

In addition to her NHS work, she runs Care 4 Nutrition, a workplace health and online nutrition consultancy. She helps businesses improve the health of their employees through nutrition interventions. She also assists individuals to find an enjoyable and sustainable way of eating that supports current health concerns and long-term wellbeing. 

She can be contacted via email [email protected] or via LinkedIn.

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