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27th March 2024The Nutrition Society has established The All Party Parliamentary Group for Nutrition: Science and Health, and, in its first year, The Nutrition Society is conducting an inquiry, including a call for evidence, in order to prepare a report for circulation to Members of Parliament this Spring/Summer. The Inquiry is titled ‘The Role of Nutrition as the New Preventative […]
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Interview with CWT Food Hero of the Year 2020
Celebrating the CWT Food Hero of 2020
4th August 2021Andrea Zick is a trained chef and has gained a 1st class BSc degree in Nutrition and Health from Roehampton University. Since 2015 she has been working as the PA to the GM at the OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie. Here she leads on their corporate social responsibility projects. In this role, representing the restaurant, […]
Interview with CWT Nutritionist of the Year 2020
Celebrating the CWT Nutritionist of 2020
2nd August 2021Suzanne Fletcher is the founder of Nutrition Scotland, a social enterprise delivering community food and nutrition services based in Glasgow. She has a Masters in Human Nutrition (Public Health) and is an Association for Nutrition regional representative in Scotland. Suzanne gained experience working in public health nutrition research, NHS health improvement and the third sector […]
Our diet after Brexit and COVID-19
RSM Event 1 June 2021
28th April 2021Date: Tuesday 1 June 2021 Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm (BST) Join this webinar to review the status of the British diet following the disruption of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. How have we coped? How has the nutrition and health status of the population changed? What else needs doing? This interactive webinar will bring together […]
Invitation to attend Elsie Widdowson Plaque Unveiling
27 June 2021 Cambridgeshire
9th April 2021Elsie Widdowson CH CBE FRS was a pioneer nutrition scientist and dietitian who worked in Cambridge and lived in Barrington from 1938 until her death in 2000. Among many other things, she created the first UK food composition tables, tested wartime rations and shaped the modern loaf. Her blue plaque ( from Cambridge, Past, Present […]
‘Healthy’ Snacks Could Be Sabotaging Our Health as Experts Call for Honest Food Labelling
Tuesday 9th March 2021
9th March 2021Some ‘healthy’ snacks found to be saltier than the concentration of seawater[i] and could be sabotaging our health, say Action on Salt New product survey reveals just one 45g serve of either Love Corn Salt & Vinegar and Love Corn Habanero Chilli contains more salt than 3.5 bags of Walkers Ready Salted crisps[ii] Over half […]
CWT Announce Winners of the 2020 Annual Awards
27th November 2020The Caroline Walker Trust is delighted to announce the following winners of their Annual Awards 2020. A reception will be held in 2021, subject to restrictions imposed by Covid-19. This year, the trust offered six awards, which also included a Lifetime Achievement award, Food Hero of the Year, Media Campaigner of the Year and Charity […]
Shortlist Nominees for the CWT Food Hero of the Year 2020 award
5th November 2020The Caroline Walker Trust (CWT) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the CWT Awards 2020 Food Hero of the Year. The award celebrates individuals who work to campaign to improve public health through good food. “Caroline Walker Trust awards are intended to highlight distinctive and outstanding work in promoting public health by maintaining and […]
Shortlist for the Media Food Campaigner of the Year 2020 award
5th November 2020The Caroline Walker Trust (CWT) is delighted to announce the shortlist for CWT Awards 2020 Media Food Campaigner of the Year. The award celebrates journalists, activists and social media writers who work to campaign to improve public health through good food within the media. The theme for this year’s award was ‘To Triumph through Adversity’, […]
Shortlist for Nutritionist and Freelance Nutritionist of the Year Award
5th November 2020CWT announce shortlist for Nutritionist and Freelance Nutritionist of the Year Award The Caroline Walker Trust (CWT) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the CWT Awards 2020 Nutritionist of the Year and Freelance Nutritionist of the Year. The awards celebrate the achievements of those who work in evidence-based nutrition. The theme for this year’s […]