editorial
welcome to issue 52 contents
Neil Donnelly - Dietetic Services Manager
NHD editor
4 News with Dr Carrie Ruxton
I have been known to be somewhat last minute
5 Product news
with my editorials, but on this occasion I have to
blame my daughter! That may sound a trifle hard, (especially as
she is celebrating her 18th birthday as I write), but she was tasked
6 FSA Survey Results
with a little fact finding for her father on her Media and Film Stud-
ies College trip to Los Angeles. Jet lag must be blamed for the
8 Probiotics & health by Dr Carrie Ruxton
delay.
I asked her to return home with three observations relevant to my
10 COVER STORY
professional role (I was paying for the trip after all). Her findings were:
Nutritional management of
1. The most common expression was, “Would you like that in dementia
Jumbo”, referring to portion size. She could not believe the size of
by Alison Smith
the McDonald’s medium (the smallest) cheeseburger.
2. The most common advertising was for the Hollywood Cookie
15 Infant allergy: an update on
Diet which seemingly everyone was following. This plan consists of
one cookie for breakfast, one cookie as a mid-morning snack, one
the science by Sarah Coe & Lisa Miles
cookie for lunch and one cookie as a mid-afternoon snack with
dinner. The original plan included six cookies!
17 NHD Clinical editor: Chris Rudd
3. Most of the ‘fashionable’ shops visited by this young age group in
18 Diabetes in Hackney: a growing
LA had clothes in size double zero (UK 2) to medium. No large sizes
challenge by Loretta Cox
seemingly were available. Meanwhile back home we again read
about obesity levels in adults increasing, the East Midlands now
holding the title of fattest area in the country with 28.9% obese, and
23 Weaning onto solid foods
two 14-year-old boys being fitted with gastric bands in Sheffield.
by Sheila Turner
I really wonder sometimes just where we are going with levels of
obesity as they are. 24 HEF watch: Dysphagia
Looking back on something completely different, I was very
rehabilitation by Emma Jarvis
pleased to see that the BDA have finally launched online the
Tube and Sip feed Chart which was initially forwarded in print to
25 Case studies: dairy allergy -
members as part of the Adviser Product Information Magazine in
January 1986. I was instrumental in the production of this and all
ulcerative colitis, loop ileostomy
subsequent Charts. It was something that contributed significantly by Dr Fred Pender
to the role of the practising nutritional support dietitian. I wish its suc-
cessor well.
26 Anaemia & nutritional
Finally, if any of you are selected by the HPC to justify that you
considerations by Emma Matthews
are fit to practice, then please let us know. Support for the chosen
individuals in managing this process is I believe essential and shar-
ing your experience could help us all. Good luck if you are one of
28 PKU watch: weaning - the inside
the chosen few.
story by Dr Anita MacDonald
March’s magazine guarantees to be an informative read for
you all, with our Cover Story on the management of nutrition in 33 Coeliac watch
dementia by Specialist Dietitian Alison Smith (pg 10). Our Clinical
Into research by Dr Amelia Lake
Editor Chris Rudd has included an interesting feature on how the
Diabetes Team in Hackney are dealing with the ever-increasing
34 Introducing the IFST by Daniel Pumbien
demands on their services (pg 18), plus articles on infant wean-
ing by Shiela Turner (pg 23) and the nutritional considerations of
35 dieteticJOBS, courses & events
anaemia by Emma Matthews (pg 26). This and much more in
issue 52…happy reading!
38 Day in the life of . . .
Neil is a Fellow of the BDA and Dietetic Services Manager
Louise Tull, Weight Management
in Blackpool. His main areas of interest are weight
management and eating disorders
Dietitian, NHS Wandsworth
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