Dysphagia is the clinical term for someone experiencing swallowing difficulties and is often related to conditions such as dementia and strokes.
In part, the growth is due to the £9 million spent on organic food through the Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark, an increase of £2 million, and up 28% on last year.
The half day conference on the afternoon of 26th April 2016, chaired by Professor Alan Shenkin, will discuss ‘Nutrition science - past, present and future’.
The study, entitled ‘Short and sweet: why the Government should introduce a sugary drinks tax’, also predicts that the tax could save the NHS about £10 million in healthcare and social care costs i
The Prime Minister who appeared to be warming to the idea of a sugar tax of up to 20% has now rejected the idea in favour of forcing companies to reformulate their products to reduce sugar content,
And even fewer – 47% – felt confident that their knowledge and skills were sufficient to help people most at risk of malnutrition.
The Britain Imbalanced: Why now is the time to tackle obesity in Britain report published by think tank Policy Exchange, makes a number of recommendations prevent the rise of obesity and promote ph
The consultancy has collaborated with Bidvest Foodservice, to create the first ever Health & Vitality Foodservice Trends Report; an analysis of key social sustainability issues affecting the ho
Hunt said: "David Cameron has said that if it isn't a sugar tax then it needs to be something equally robust, but he has not taken a sugar tax off the table.
The top 20 ‘most influential’ people in public sector catering in 2015 were named by Cost Sector Catering in last month’s issue.