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BANT 2024 Election Manifesto – A call for change!
Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health ***Press release *** Monday 29th April 2024As UK voters prepare to go to the polls, BANT (British Association for Nutrition and...
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...
07/09/2023 Update – Association for Nutrition (AfN) application for Royal Charter
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) ministers have withdrawn their recommendation of 23rd of June 2023 to the Privy Council Office (PCO) that AfN Application for Royal Charter be granted,...
BANT takes legal action against Department of Health and Association for Nutrition on Royal Charter
In 2019 the Association for Nutrition (AfN) petitioned the Privy Council for a royal charter of incorporation claiming that it is the pre-eminent body in the field of nutrition, health and allied...
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...- 1
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