BANT in Action
Latest figures show an alarming rise in T2DM in the under 40’s and highlight a failing food industry.
Body weight, inactivity, and social deprivation amongst the contributing factors. Latest figures from Diabetes UK reveal that the number of people living with diabetes in the UK has topped 5...
Prevention is crucial, but the nation’s health crisis needs innovation not just investment
Funding for prevention should reflect the scale of the problem The British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) welcomes the publication of the Hewitt review of integrated care...
Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine Live – Saturday 4th March 2023, County Hall, London
Attended by BANT CEO, Satu Jackson and BANT members Alma Ahmovic and Ana Rodriguez This event was postponed from 2022 and promised to bring healthcare professionals from multiple disciplines together...
British Society for Integrative Oncology Annual Conference 2023
Attended by Practice Governance Manager, Sharon Ling Sharon is currently updating the BANT PP handbook guidance on working in the specialist area of cancer nutrition and has an expert team reviewing...
Brain Health and Cognitive Performance Regional Event – Recordings Available
Delivered by expert speakers Patrick Holford, Pete Williams and Portia Hodges, this event covered: What is cognitive decline? Factors that drive cognitive performance and cognitive decline Genetic...
BANT supports Dimbleby’s protest at government’s “insane” inaction against obesity.
Junk food culture mean Brits eat more ultra-processed than real food. The British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) fully supports Henry Dimbleby’s move to step down from his...
Best Practice London 8-9 March 2023
Attended by BANT CEO, Satu Jackson and Science & Education Manager, Clare Grundel. Supported by BANT Member Natalie Burrows. This is the second event in the Best Practice series, the first taking...
There are not enough GPs to tackle the burden of non-communicable diseases
Nutrition practitioners are a crucial addition to every Primary Care Network General Practitioners are the gate-keepers to primary healthcare. In the dawn of the NHS this model worked. You called the...