Annual Conference 2023 - A Fragile Food System and Increasing Inequality
British Nutrition Foundation's Annual Conference took place on 7th November 2023.
The agenda for the day along with speaker details and slides from some presentations are available to download below.
Also below are our Annual Report for this year, as well as a special pull out on our education programme.
Our programme, Nutrition for Life, in partnership with ITN Business explores the importance of nutrition for healthier ageing and the impact the cost-of-living crisis has on staying healthy. More details available from https://business.itn.co.uk/
Annual Conference 2023 - Delegate Information
Education pull out 2022-23
Highlights from the British Nutrition Foundation's education programme, 2022-23
Insights into Healthy, Sustainable Diets in the UK Through a Consumer Lens
Sally Ball, Strategic Insight Director, Nutrition & Public Sector, Kantar.
Academic insight into the status, barriers and access routes to healthy sustainable diets.
Dr Christian Reynolds, City, University Of London
Below are a number of recordings from previous conferences and events.
Annual Day 2022 - Balancing the Scales on Diet Inequality and 2022 Annual Lecture
This timely, half-day event considered how we meet the dietary needs of the UK’s most nutritionally vulnerable young people and aimed to raise awareness of health inequalities, focusing on the importance of diet for the health of those who are at greater nutritional risk and highlighting innovative and effective actions to improve dietary quality at the community level.
Find out more about the conference programme and speakers in the Delegate Pack.
Session 1: Understanding the Issue & Challenges
Social inequalities and impact on health and the impact of poverty on dietary inequalities.
Session 2: Voices from Lived Experiences
Including perspectives of adolescents living with obesity & children and food in low-income families
Session 3: Tackling the Crisis Together & Panel Discussion
Learn about a number of case studies in the community and watch the Panel Discussion with speakers.
Tackling Inequalities in Diet: a 20-year perspective
2022 - Dr Alison Tedstone, President of the Association for Nutrition, formerly DHSC/PHE
Annual Day 2021 - Healthier people on a healthier planet and 2021 Annual Lecture
This conference Healthier people on a healthier planet - the perfect outcome for a transformed food system considered the challenges and opportunities faced as we seek to define and encourage healthier and more sustainable diets for all. The programme comprises overviews from both an international and national perspective, supported by case studies championing the importance of evidence and illustrating innovative developments.
The Global Food System
Judith Batchelar OBE, Independent Advisor.
What do we already know about healthier and more sustainable diets?
Dr Simon Steenson, British Nutrition Foundation
Transforming the UK food system: why does driving change nationally inform the global challenge?
Prof Guy Poppy CB, University of Southampton
Work underway to reduce the environmental footprint of ruminants
Dr John Gilliland, Devenish Nutrition.
The FixOurFood project – regenerative farming, education in schools and harnessing local innovation
Prof Bob Doherty, York University.
The role of the food industry in improving children's health
Mr Matt Towner, Urban Health.
Closing Remarks
Patron of the British Nutrition Foundation, HRH The Princess Royal.
From food to molecules and back again
2021 - Professor Gary Frost, Imperial College
Annual Day 2020 - Nutrition and COVID-19 and 2020 Annual Lecture
This conference brought together eminent speakers to consider new and emerging understanding of the interactions between COVID-19 and obesity, immune function and the gut microbiome, new information on vitamin D in BAME groups, and a discussion of the strengths, limitations and future requirements of the nutrition science evidence base.
The evidence-base underpinning diet-disease relationships - advances and future needs
Professor Christine Williams, University of Reading. November 2020
Obesity as a risk factor - COVID-19
Professor Jason Halford, University of Leeds. November 2020
Nutrition, immune function and COVID-19
Professor Philip Calder, University of Southampton. November 2020
Vitamin D, COVID-19 and BAME groups: Current controversies and future perspectives
Professor Susan Lanham-New, University of Surrey. November 2020
Emerging evidence for the role of the human gut microbiome in COVID-19 infection outcomes
Professor Glenn Gibson, University of Reading. November 2020
Nutrition and COVID-19: Perspectives from the food sector
Judith Batchelar OBE, Sainsbury's. November 2020
Riboflavin and friends; remarkably versatile vitamins
2020 - Professor Hilary Powers, University of Sheffield
From Acids to Alkalis; Sunshine to Shadows
2019 - Professor Sue Lanham-New, University of Surrey
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