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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Join us online on Saturday 07 March 2026 to cover the latest diet, lifestyle and novel science-based insights and tools for the practitioner to support clients through healthy, sustainable weight loss, body fat reduction and retention of lean muscle. Tickets and further information here.

BANT nutrition practitioners are specifically trained in sustainable weight loss and behaviour change and can provide the necessary support to ensure safe use of GLP-1 medications, and safe transition from medications to long-term weight maintenance.
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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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