Press Releases
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...
We know prevention is better than the cure, and it could be the only way to save the NHS
We need to act now to stop eating our way into poor health and disease. The crisis and strikes affecting the NHS dominate headlines across the country, with our national health service facing the...
BANT response to the BMJ re misrepresentation of Registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioners
In response to the BMJ article ‘Vitamin D intoxication and severe hypercalcaemia complicating nutritional supplements misuse’ BANT would like to draw attention to the inconsistencies in the...
BANT celebrates 25 years as the leading professional organisation for Nutritional Therapy Practitioners
Setting the standard of excellence in science-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine The 14th of March 2022 marks a landmark anniversary for BANT as it celebrates 25 years as the leading professional...
Food waste – small steps to have a positive impact on food sustainability
Let’s look at food waste differently, and eat our way to a healthy and sustainable future! 2021 was a year for bold statements when it came to climate change, food sustainability and global health...
Broadening Diversity and Inclusion in Personalised Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine
Addressing the rise in non-communicable disease, lifestyle choices and health inequalities The shift in prevalence from acute to chronic diseases is creating an unsustainable burden on healthcare...- 1
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