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Do these dietitians look "opportunistic"?
@cjsnowdon
, were our members being "cynical" when they worked seven days a week to feed critically ill COVID-19 patients?
@DailyMailUK
retract this 'story' until you understand what dietitians do.
Many people may not realise the vital role dietitians are playing to treat people who are acutely sick with COVID-19, so we asked our Critical Care Specialist Group to explain.
We are absolutely delighted to announce that
@ellaterblanche
has been awarded an MBE for services to dietetics! Fantastic that our President
@GilesYeo
has also been awarded an MBE for services to communication, research and engagement.
@StGeorgesTrust
Dr Michael Mosley: "I want to give people the confidence and knowledge to safely lose excess weight, boost their immunity and improve their overall health."
Once again for the people at the back: You cannot “boost” your immune system through diet.
@C4Press
Even though we are social distancing, we are still working for you.
We want to say a big THANK YOU to all the dietitians and NHS colleagues on the front lines right now.
#ClapForTheNHS
#clapforNHS
#clapforournhs
This is fantastic news, very pleased that government has finally accepted the strong evidence for this policy.
#Folicacid
to be added to UK flour in effort to reduce birth defects.
@RCObsGyn
@SHINEUKCharity
Black Lives Matter. To our black members, we recognise the importance you play within the healthcare profession, we stand with you and we support you, because black lives matter.
Read our full statement -
Happy AHPs Day! Dietitians are proud to be part of the Allied Health Professions family. Fourteen distinct and highly qualified professions that make up the third largest clinical workforce in health and social care in the UK. Learn more:
#AHPsDay
"No child deserves to be starting life 20 yards behind any other child from the day they are born."
@MarcusRashford
calls on healthcare professionals to help spread the word about a scheme to give young children in low income households a healthy start
We're really sad to see
@OatlyUK
perpetuate the myth that dietitians are the food police, especially as we have worked together in the past.
If
@oatly
want to find out what dietitians really do, our DMs are open! (In the meantime, check out our video ).
"Low carbohydrate diets one option for managing type 2 diabetes, but one size does not fit all." Read our new policy statement clarifying our position on low carbohydrate diets for managing type 2 diabetes in adults ahead of
#WorldDiabetesDay
tomorrow.
On Monday 6 April the BDA Critical Care Group are presenting their first talk on the type of nutrition support issues in COVID-19 patients.
It’s free to join. You can sign up for the event in the link below:
The BDA and other Allied Health Professions launched our
#PrescribingNow
campaign this week.
We want independent prescribing rights for dietitians and are calling on the UK Government to make concrete steps in delivering this.
Stay tuned for more. It’s time for
#PrescribingNow
A well balanced diet with plenty of key micronutrients is important to the normal functioning of our immune system, but no specific food or supplement will prevent you from catching COVID-19. Good hygiene practice is the best means of avoiding infection:
We have our four finalists in the
#DietitiansWeek
photo competition to show
#WhatDietitiansDo
. Thanks to everyone that entered! Use the poll below to pick your favourite.
Happy Birthday NHS! Thank you to dietitians, dietetic support workers and the whole MDT family for your hard work for your patients now and always.
We want to protect and strengthen
#OurNHS
so that it can look after us for another 72 years:
#AHPs
, including dietitians, are the third largest workforce within the NHS and today we celebrate their contributions on
#AHPsDay
.
This day offers a platform to spotlight the remarkable impact AHPs have on the delivery of care. Thank you for everything you do!
💙🙌👏🥳
It's Nutrition and Hydration Week 2019! Dietitians all around the UK are getting ready to raise awareness of the impact of nutrition and hydration on health. We can't wait to see what you're up to!
#NHWeek2019
#NHWeek
@NHWeek
#WhatRDsDo
#WhatDietitiansDo
Dietitians spend very little time pointing at lemons, despite what you find in stock image libraries. That's why we need your help to create better ways of showing
#WhatDietitiansDo
for
#DietitiansWeek
: All the best entries will feature on our new website!
A huge congratulations to
@BrunoDietitian
, renal dietitian at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and former BDA Renal Nutrition Specialist Group Chair, who has been awarded an Ibex honour 👏
Bruno will receive the honour at the
#BDAAwards
on 4 July.
This
@TheLancet
anlysis shows poor diet is about more than obesity. We don't just eat too much fat, sugar and salt, we aren't eating enough fruit, veg, fibre and wholegrains. This is why good dietary advice and support from
#dietitians
is so important!
Welcome to
#DietitiansWeek
2018! Our theme for the week is
#DietitiansDoPrevention
, and each day we'll focus on a different aspect. Today it's Mental Health and Recovery. Share you examples of how you support people to prevent or manage mental ill health.
How about the many dietitians who had to adapt to take their essential services online, so they could support people to treat and manage their conditions throughout the pandemic?
#WhatDietitiansDo
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Happy
#AHPsDay
and THANK YOU to all our wonderful allied health professionals across the country, who have played a significant role in the ongoing response to
#COVID19
#AHPsDayScot
We are delighted to welcome
@GilesYeo
as our new Honorary President, we're really looking forward to working with him to promote the profession. A big thank you to our outgoing President, Lord Balfe, for his support over the past four years.
#WelcomeGiles
Every COVID-19 inpatient, regardless of BMI, should undergo nutritional screening and have a clear nutrition plan on discharge after
#COVID19
. Find out more about our policy statement on Nutrition and the COVID-19 discharge pathway:
#Rehab
We're delighted to announce that
@SusanPriceRD
has been appointed as the BDA Board Chair Designate!
Susan will begin to take on delegated roles from our current Chair
@CarolineBoveyRD
, ahead of taking the role of Chair from the 2024 AGM.
Maybe take the time to learn more about
#WhatDietitiansDo
before you brand them as opportunistic. Our members were overstretched before COVID-19, and hugely deserving of a pay rise.
Thank you to each and every one of you who's taken part in this year's Dietitians Week. We can't believe it's over already! Here are some of the Faces of Dietetics that have made this year's campaign so special ♥
#DW2023
#WeAreDietetics
Public Health England is recommending people consider taking daily vitamin D supplements, but what is it and why is it important? Registered Dietitian,
@dietitianwales
is here to explain!
You can now watch
@ProfWhelan
's full 2018 Elsie Widdowson Lecture, where he discusses modifying the microbiome in gut health and disease and
research as the foundation of dietetic practice:
#WhatDietitiansDo
Bursaries to return. This is positive news, as it has been confirmed that this will include dietitians and other AHPs: We will ask for further detail on how this will work.
@AHPFederation
#Bursaries
Next is Hilary Rennie, a paediatric dietitian at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
@NHSGrampian
. Her colourful sponge cake features different aspects representing her work, including a fondant icing face mask!
#DW2021
There needs to be an urgent review of how the
#FreeSchoolMeals
system works.
We’re calling on government and local authorities to provide the £30 food vouchers directly to parents to make their own choices.
The results are in 🗳️ Dietitians in 43 NHS Trusts in England will go on strike.
Dietitians working in these Trusts voted overwhelmingly to take action against the
#NHSPayDeal
. This is the 1st time in the
@BDA_TradeUnion
long history that strike action will go ahead based on pay.
It's the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Dietetics is full of women pushing science forward! To celebrate we're sharing some of the scientific research our women members have done in the last year, we'd love to hear what you've done.
#WomenInScience
#WomeninSTEM
Very disappointing to see the use of stigmatising and weight-shaming language in reporting on government’s strategy for obesity today. Just wrong. We know this has a negative impact on mental and physical health:
#EndWeightStigma
It's that time of year again - our top diets to avoid in 2019 release is here! We asked our amazing spokespeople for the oddest diet fads they've encountered in their work this year, including blood type diets, skinny teas and alkaline water
#BDAmedia
Our chair
@CarolineBoveyRD
has written to
@BorisJohnson
to encourage him to recognise the complexity of obesity, avoid stigmatising language and ensure dietitians are a central part of any approach. Read the full letter here:
#WhatDietitiansDo
It’s Dietitians Week! We’re looking forward to five days of celebrating all things dietetics with our members. Our chair
@CarolineBoveyRD
gets us started with a video introducing the week!
#DW2021
#WhatDietitiansDo
Today's Independent Hospital Food Review includes a call for £4 million of funding to ensure that every hospital trust has access to a dedicated food services dietitian.
#HospitalFood
#WhatDietitiansDo
Dietetics is loaded with incredible women pushing the science of nutrition forward. To celebrate we'd love to hear about those who motivated you to become a dietitian, and those who continue to inspire you today.
@WomenScienceDay
#WomenInScience
#WomenInSTEM
🟥 Diet red flags to look out for 👀
How can the public decipher between factual and evidence-based info, and that which is potentially dangerous and misleading? We've pulled out some of the red flags you might come across. Find out more:
#SayNoToFads
Let's stop using combative language when talking about obesity. The Government must be bold, and move away from the messages of old. They must address health inequalities and importantly avoid stigmatising the people they purport to help.
We’re taking action to help you fight obesity by:
➡️Banning adverts for high fat, salt or sugar products on TV and online before 9pm
➡️Calorie labelling in restaurants, cafes and takeaways
➡️Ending promotion of high fat, sugar or salt products in store and online
This is why 👇
It's Malnutrition Awareness Week - there are approximately 3 million people in the UK who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition; 93% of these are thought to be living in their own homes. Read our malnutrition food fact sheet to learn more
#MAW2018
🥁... and the winner of the baking photo competition is... Francielle Perez! Congratulations, your Eatwell Guide cake is the winner with almost 50% of all votes! A £50 baking bundle will be on its way to you 🙌🏆
#DW2023
#WeAreDietetics
Tomorrow the BDA Critical Care Group are presenting their first talk on the type of nutrition support issues in COVID-19 patients.
It’s free to join. You can sign up for the event in the link below:
As the weather gets colder and we spend more time inside it is especially important to make sure we are getting enough Vitamin D. Read our Food Fact Sheet to find out what vitamin D is, what it does to the body and what happens if you don't get enough.
Welcome to Issue 1 of Healthier You. Inside you will find helpful and informative articles about food, nutrition and exercise from our excellent team of dietitians to help you to make informed decisions about your diet and lifestyle.
Many people may not realise the vital role dietitians are playing to treat people who are acutely sick with COVID-19, so we asked our Critical Care Specialist Group to explain.
Our fantastic
@BDACriticalCare
group have produced further detailed best practice guidance, this time on Bolus Enteral Feeding in Critical Care. Huge thanks to
@ClemoRj
and all the team that put this together:
#WhatDietitiansDo
#COVID19
We have our winner! After nearly 1,500 votes and a very tight race, congratulations to Olivia Colley and Hayley Williams from
@AneurinBevanUHB
! In second place was Anna and Mohamed at
@uhbwNHS
. Thank you to everyone that entered!
#DietitiansWeek
#WhatDietitiansDo
A huge congratulations to BDA Fellow
@ProfWhelan
who has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).
Read the full story, along with Kevin and
@BDAAndyBurman
's thoughts:
We've published a updated
#SustainableDiets
policy today. Take a look here: The new considers the impact of the food we eat on our environment, and the important role dietitians need to play in promoting sustainable eating habits.
@BDAPublicHealth
We have made a number of updates to our COVID-19 / Coronavirus Clinical Guidance library.
- Including useful sections of the Manual of Dietetic Practice now being available to download.
BBC News - Coronavirus: Student health workers on the Covid front line. The BBC followed four students through their placements including dietitian Olivia Mason.
Today marks the start of UK Malnutrition Awareness Week.
Find out more and get involved in the week:
Find out more about the signs of malnutrition and how it can be managed in our fact sheet:
#UKMAW2023
@BAPENUK
We're excited to announce this year's
#DietitiansWeek
theme! Building on our chair's theme, it will be
#DietitiansDoPrevention
! From rehab to public health, we'll celebrate the many ways that all dietitians improve the health of their patients and the public at large.
#whatrdsdo
We are working really hard behind the scenes and hope to have our ‘CCSG guidance on management of critical care nutrition and dietetic services during the COVID-19 pandemic’ available to you by Monday 23rd March
@BDA_Dietitians
@ICS_updates
Eating a more sustainable diet does not have to mean eating a vegetarian or vegan diet. No one diet suits everyone, and dietitians' skill is translating the evidence into practical and personalised advice. That's what
#OneBlueDot
aims to support:
Looking for easy ways to incorporate more fibre into your diet?
Thanks to Amy Gittins from
@bda_gastro
for putting these top tips together!
#DW2021
#FoodFacts
While
@BorisJohnson
recognising the government must act to support people achieve and sustain a healthy weight is welcome, we must avoid stigmatising language and recognise the need for systemic change.
Just a few days until
#DietitiansWeek
! We realise this year will not be quite the same, but it is still a great opportunity to celebrate dietetics and
#WhatDietitiansDo
, especially to support the NHS and wider health and care services during
#COVID19
COVID-19 is creating a "perfect storm" for malnutrition amongst older people. That's why we've joined the UK Malnutrition Awareness and Prevention Network (MAPN) and 100 other signatories in writing to
@MattHancock
:
#FoodSecurityForAll
#WhatDietitiansDo
.
@AaronBoysenRD
is the first Dietitian to have been awarded a NHS Topol Digital Health Fellowship and has recently started his journey through the programme.
He will be sharing regular updates with us as he progresses - check out his first blog here:
This
#DietitiansWeek
is all about showing
#WhatDietitiansDo
. To get our message out to new audiences, we want you to get your colleagues and patients to share what dietitians do for them. Why not ask if they'll share a message on social media or even a short video?
Fantastic to see this investment in dietetic roles in primary care. Appropriate recognition of the huge impact dietitians and other AHPs can have in general practice.
@AHPFederation
#WhatDietitiansDo
🌟DIETITIANS IN PRIMARY CARE🌟
Find out how dietitians can have an impact on saving GPs time, preventing the need to go to hospital and reducing the need for medication 👌🏼
RT to spread the word:
@BeverleyHarden
@FabNHSStuff
@NHSEngland
@NHSImprovement
Our Healthy Eating Food Fact Sheet simplifies information on the main food groups and getting a balanced diet:
🥔🍞 Carbohydrates
🍓🥕 Fruit and vegetables
🐟🧆 High protein foods
🥛 ☕ Dairy (& alternatives)
🧈🌻 Fats
Check it out:
This
#DietitiansWeek
is all about showing
#WhatDietitiansDo
. To get our message out to new audiences, we want you to get your colleagues and patients to share what dietitians do for them. Why not ask if they'll share a message on social media or even a short video?
This is not what a dietitian looks like. Big piles of fruit and veg really get in the way when you're trying to use your desk. Help us show
#WhatDietitiansDo
again in our
#DietitiansWeek
2020 photo competition. Let's show the real diversity of dietetics!