BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

What is Nutritional Therapy?
Nutritional therapy is the application of nutrition and lifestyle medicine sciences in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care.

Food For Your Health

Resources to help you start your wellbeing journey for a healthy happier you!

Currently, our national UK diet is comprised of more than 50% ultra-processed foods and drinks, and our health is worsening. 25 million people in England are projected to be living with major illness by 2040. Never have our food choices been so important for our health and wellbeing. Use our food and lifestyle guides to start your health journey.

MEDIA & NEWS

Latest news from BANT

Stay up to date with all the latest news from BANT. Follow us on our social media channels, read our latest feature articles, stay informed about BANT position on current nutrition and healthcare affairs via our dedicated Politics Home PR channel (Politics Home is an indispensable information source for the most influential people in UK politics – including Cabinet ministers, MPs, peers, senior civil servants and Westminster journalists), and access the emerging science in our monthly NED Alerts.

RESOURCES

Latest resources supporting informed nutrition and lifestyle choices

BANT Wellbeing Guidelines are evidenced-based guidelines providing information on nutrition and lifestyle measures when personalised advice is not possible.
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Our BANT 2025 events are focused upon equipping nutrition and lifestyle medicine practitioners with new knowledge and insights together with the confidence to apply these within their practice. All nutrition and lifestyle medicine practitioners are welcomed. Read More

A survey of 172 BANT members in clinical practice in August 2024 found that as many as 98,000 individuals in the UK are engaging the services of Registered Nutritional Therapists MBANT with a GP diagnosis of IBS.
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Scientific database specialising in nutrition and lifestyle medicine, providing the best evidence available for clinical interventions. Discover the Nutrition Evidence Database

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