The researchers from Sweden discovered that overweight men were nearly 50% more likely and obese men more than twice as likely to develop liver disease in later life than men of normal weight.
At the start of the day, guests were given a pair of glasses to replicate visual impairments common among elderly people and welcomed into a drab dining room.
HCA chair Phil Shelley, and Food for Life director James Cashmore, signed the agreement as part of the HCA’s commitment to working with other trade organisations.
This introduction of this support follows on from the roll out of the company’s Dignified Dining toolkit last year with the Alzheimer’s Society, which aimed to provide patients with tailored nutrit
The research of 2,000 people aged between 30 and 71 with elderly parents, conducted by apetito and OnePoll, discovered 79% said their parents had not discussed malnutrition with their GP.
As a sponsor of Nutrition & Hydration Week, Tetley will host an afternoon tea event at The Hawthorns Care Home for residents with head chef and NACC Care Cook of the Year finalist, Martin McKee
The recently appointed Welsh Chair said that although great strides have been made in care catering, events like Nutrition and Hydration Week (13th-19th) help highlight that more needs to be done t
The 365 day initiative, developed by the HCA, will emphasise the importance of nutirition as a part of quality care for patients and residents in a health or social care setting in the run up to th
Dorset catering company, Local Food Links (LFL), has served up millions of school meals since it was founded in 2006.
Of the 2,000 adults surveyed, 61% admit they were in denial about their health.