BDA Food Fact Sheets
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Please click to view the food fact sheets in the different categories below:
| Healthy Eating & Lifestyle | Medical Conditions | Babies, Children & Pregnancy |
| Weight Loss, Detoxing and Health Claims | Nutrients in Food | |
- Alcohol / information sources
- Breakfast / information sources
- Eat Well, Spend Less / information sources
- Fluid (water and drinks) / information sources
- Food and Mood / information sources
- Fruit and Veg - how to get 5-a-day / information sources
- Healthy Eating / information sources
- Heart-health / information sources
- Packed Lunches / information sources
- NEW: Plant-based diets / information sources
- Portion sizes / information sources
- Skin Health / information sources
- Snacks / information sources
- Sports / information sources
- Autism / information sources
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / information sources
- Coping with Food Allergies / information sources
- Depression and Diet / information sources
- Diabetes - Type 1 - information sources.
- Diabetes - Type 2 / information sources
- Eating Without Wheat / information sources
- Food allergy and Intolerance / information sources
- Food allergy and Intolerance testing / information sources
- Hypertension / information sources
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome / information sources
- Malnutrition / information sources
- Menopause / information sources
- Milk Allergy - under review.
- Osteoarthritis / information sources
- Osteoporosis / information sources
- Pollen Food Syndrome (PFS)/Oral Allergy Syndrome - under review.
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) / information sources
- Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) / information sources
- Rheumatoid Arthritis / information sources
- Babies/Children - vitamins - (under review) - alternative information source (NHS Choices)
- Breastfeeding - (under review) - alternative information source (NHS Choices)
- Children - diet, behaviour and learning / information sources
- Children - healthy eating / information sources
- Suitable milks for children with cows milk allergy / information sources
- Pregnancy /information sources
- Complementary Feeding (Weaning) / information sources
- Detox diets / information sources
- Fad diets / information sources
- Glycaemic Index (GI) / information sources
- Supplements / information sources
- Weight Loss / information sources
- NEW: Iron / Information Sources
- Calcium / information sources
- Carbohydrates / information sources
- Cholesterol / information sources
- Cholesterol - plant stanols/sterols / information sources
- Fat / information sources
- Fibre / information sources / Fibre Poster
- Folic Acid / information sources
- Iodine / information sources
- Omega-3 / information sources
- Probiotics / information sources
- Salt / information sources
- NEW: Soya and health / information sources
- Sugar / information sources / Sugar Poster
- Vitamin D / information sources
- Wholegrains / information sources
The Fact Sheets are for information only
They are not a substitute for proper medical diagnosis or dietary advice given by a dietitian. The Fact Sheets are intended for adults unless they sit under the 'babies and children section' or make a specific reference to babies and/or children. The information is correct at the time of publishing, and undergoes periodic reviews to comply with the Information Standard (below) and ensure up-to-date evidence.
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