Press Releases
Time to prioritise public health in 2024
It has been a tumultuous time for UK health in the wake of the pandemic and continuing strikes within the NHS. As the new year kicks off with National Obesity Awareness Week 10-16th January, BANT...
New Year message to Parliament – Time to prioritise public health in 2024
It has been a tumultuous time for UK health in the wake of the pandemic and continuing strikes within the NHS. As the new year kicks off with National Obesity Awareness Week 10-16th January, BANT...
The End of the NHS: Prioritise prevention or prepare for its collapse
We’re living longer but less healthily The British public live longer, yet unhealthier lives than previous generations. Many people in the UK will experience decades with serious chronic...
BANT welcomes the new WHO guidelines warning against the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NNS).
Recognition that non-sugar sweeteners are not healthy. BANT welcomes the new guidelines published 15th May by the World Health Organisation (WHO) (1) in which they recommend against the use of...
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...
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...
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...